Accessing files query

[tasdvl9]

Hello All,

In this code snippet I'm trying to retrieve the second word of line 1 in my text file:

set the itemdel to "/"

put the effective filename of this stack into mPath
put mPath & "/settings.txt" into mPath

answer(mPath)
put word 2 of line 1 of URL ("file:" & mPath ) into tPath
answer(tpath)

mpath gives me the correct path to my file but tPath is always showing me and empty string.
Is the syntax for this line: put word 2 of line 1 of URL ("file:" & mPath ) into tPath
correct?

Thanks!

[magice]

Try putting the url into a variable and then reading the second word of the variable.

[tasdvl9]

Thanks, Magice.

I did some debugging and was neglecting to delete the last item in my path to where my txt file resided.

All is well now.

Thanks for the response

[Dixie]

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   answer file ""
   if it is not empty then
      put it into theFilePath
   end if
   
   put URL ("file:" & theFilePath) into theWord
   put theFilePath & cr & word 2 of line 1 of theWord
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