Getting the directory from a file?

[cheeseandcereal]

Hey so I was wondering if I had a file string such as "C:/example/file.exe" would there be any way to pull out the directory from that so I could set a variable to be "C:/example/" only knowing "C:/example/file.exe" automatically?

So for example, If I had this script:

Opt("MustDeclareVars", 1)
Global $file1
Global $directory1

$file1 = FileOpenDialog ("", "", "All Files (*.*)")

how would I be able to set $directory1 as the directory containing selected $file1

Edited July 13, 2012 by cheeseandcereal

[water]

You could use function _PathSplit ore use a regular expression (some examples can be found on the forum).

[cheeseandcereal]

Thanks that worked great

[Spiff59]

The DIY method would be something like:

$path = StringLeft($file, StringInStr($file, "/", 0, -1))