Let me try explaining the overall goal of the program:

  1. Read in directory of file names

    1. Most file names hava a Root number, Revision, Extension of pdf: 12345_-v1.pdf
    2. Most names have an underscore as the seperator between Root Number and Revision: 3873215a_-v1.pdf
    3. Many names have more than 1 underscore used as text seperators: 21586_rework_bore_tool_-v2.pdf
    4. Some names have no underscores in them: 4148-t-2.pdf
  2. I need to display only the latest revision of the file, so if the following exist in the directory:
    21586_rework_bore_tool_-v1.pdf
    21586_rework_bore_tool_-v2.pdf

    Only display 21586_rework_bore_tool_-v2.pdf
  3. I am unable to capture all of the combinations listed above...

I appreciate all recommendations...

AJ

In reply to Re^6: Pattern Matching in Arrays by aj.kohler
in thread Pattern Matching in Arrays by aj.kohler

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