CODEWITHSUNDEEP
vb.netfilesearch
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Reputation: 480

VB Search for a pattern in a filename

I am trying to make a simple search engine that will search for a pattern in a file name e.g. a number that is a part of a file name. So far it only searches for the exact string e.g. o2.url, but I have o21.url and o22.url in the same folder and I would like to be able to have those in my search results. I want to ask is there any way of modifying this code to achieve that.

Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        For Each foundFile As String In My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles(
    "C:\Users\GrzegoP\Desktop\xxx", Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories, Text1.Text & ".url")

            List1.Items.Add(foundFile)
        Next
    End Sub
End Class

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 332

Answers (1)

user2480047
user2480047

Reputation:

You can add the "*" wildcard:

My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles(
    "C:\Users\GrzegoP\Desktop\xxx", Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories, "*" & Text1.Text & "*" & ".url")

This code finds any file, with the .url extension, including Text1.Text in any part of its name.

Upvotes: 2

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