Parsing String

[tehon3299]

I am creating HTML code on an ASPX page with script code and its creating a list of files in a directory in alphabetical order. How can I add a link to A B C D E F at the top of the page? I want to look at the filenames and if the first character is A then write the HTML code so when A is clicked it goes there. Understand what I am saying?

 

[quwiltw]

Nope. Are you saying at first it lists all the files and then as the user clicks the letters it filters the files based on the first letter? If so I could imagine either a Dataset with a DataView handling the filtering (quick and simple) OR a multidimensional arraylist (much more manual).

 

[tehon3299]

I want to create a list at the top of the page, i.e. A | B | C | D | ....
When a user clicks B I want the page to move to the first file beginning with B. Ive seen this on many pages, like dictionary pages and stuff.

 

[quwiltw]

Are you going to list all the files on one page and you just want to move to the right letter (in which case a simple <a name="whatever"/> will do the trick) or only show the files matching the letter (refer to the two techniques above).

 

[tehon3299]

Im going to list them all and just move to the right page. But since I am reading all files at runtime I can not hard code the <a name=> stuff. I need to parse the filename and check to see when the first A comes up, i need to code the <a name=> then, and then wait for the next B to be loaded then code that. Get it? How can I do it?