Get a List of Filenames

To obtain a list of filenames in a specific directory, use the Files In Directory command.

names = Files In Directory( path, <recursive> );

Both filenames and subdirectory names are returned as shown in the following example:

names = Files In Directory( "$SAMPLE_DATA" );

{ "2D Gaussian Process Example.jmp", "Abrasion.jmp", ... "Design Experiment", "Detergent.jmp", ... }

Notice that the files within the Design Experiment subdirectory are not included. And only files in the root $SAMPLE_DATA directory are listed.

To return a list of all file names, add the optional recursive argument to Files In Directory:

names = Files In Directory( "$SAMPLE_DATA", recursive );

{ "2D Gaussian Process Example.jmp", "Abrasion.jmp", ... "Design Experiment/2x3x4 Factorial.jmp", "Design Experiment/Borehole Factors.jmp", ... }

To get the full pathnames, recurse the directories and concatenate the file paths and file names. The following example loops through each file in the $SAMPLE_DATA directory and subdirectories. The file path is concatenated to each file name.

names = Files In Directory( "$SAMPLE_DATA", recursive );

For( i = 1, i <= N Items( names ), i++,

	names[i] = Convert File Path( "$SAMPLE_DATA" ) || names[i]

);

names;

{"/C:/Program Files/SAS/JMP/13/Samples/Data/2D Gaussian Process Example.jmp",

"/C:/Program Files/SAS/JMP/13/Samples/Data/Abrasion.jmp", ... }

The Files in Directory command accepts native and POSIX paths, as well as paths using path variables. See Path Variables for details on working with paths.