Question

I have a list that contains string values. I need to trim the leading and ending values. Here is the code:

        using EnterpriseDT.Net.Ftp;
        public List<FTPFile> FileList = new List<FTPFile>();

        FTP = new FTPConnection() { ServerAddress = _host, UserName = _user, Password = _password };
        FTP.Connect();
        FTP.TransferType = FTPTransferType.BINARY;
        FTP.ChangeWorkingDirectory(_as400_directory);
        FTP.LocalDirectory = _local_directory;
        FileList.AddRange(FTP.GetFileInfos());
        FTP.Close();

The FileList list contains following example values:

test 123 11/01/12 *STMF File1.csv somegarbagevalues
test 123 11/01/12 *STMF File2.csv somegarbagevalues
test 123 11/01/12 *STMF File3.csv somegarbagevalues

What I need to do is capture online the file name (ex. File1.csv, File2.csv …) Is there a way to trim the unwanted values without looping through the list or trim when I do the FileList.AddRange statement?

Answer 1

LINQ makes this easy:

FileList.AddRange(FTP.GetFileInfos().Select(x => x.Trim()));

where Trim() would be a method (possibly an extension method) on FTPFile which returned an FTPFile with trimmed filename.