stupid file/directory question

Question

Back in my VB6 programming days I could use a function call dir("enter in file path or directory"). This worked out nice if I wanted to see if any files existed in a folder that contained a part of a string, for example(sFile = dir(sDir & "1.*")). If not files existed I would not have to loop through the entire folder, I cannot find something similar to this in C#. It seems like I have to loop through the folder and look at use the 'StartsWith' function or look at the left couple of characters in the file name. Is there a C# equivelant to what I am looking for?

thanks...

Alex · Answer

DirectoryInfo info = new DirectoryInfo(c:\.....\....); // whatever path you want to search FileInfo[] files = info.GetFiles(*win*); //will return an array of files with the letters win in the name foreach (FileInfo f in files) { Console.WriteLine(f.Name); } Make sure to add the System.IO namespace.

Alan · Answer

Check out this overload of the static System.IO.Directory.GetFiles() method which can take a wildcard in the search pattern: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wz42302f.aspx You can then check the length of the resulting string array to see whether there are any matching files.