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previous

Returns the previous component (the component to the left of the most recently returned component), or null if no such component exists. For example, if the path is /a/b/c and the most recently returned component is b, then this will return the a component.

Function parameters

Parameters

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self:*Self

Type definitions in this namespace

Types

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Returns if the given byte is a valid path separator

Functions

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isSep
Returns if the given byte is a valid path separator
join
Naively combines a series of paths with the native path separator.
joinZ
Naively combines a series of paths with the native path separator and null terminator.
resolve
On Windows, this calls `resolveWindows` and on POSIX it calls `resolvePosix`.
resolveWindows
This function is like a series of `cd` statements executed one after another.
resolvePosix
This function is like a series of `cd` statements executed one after another.
dirname
Strip the last component from a file path.
relative
Returns the relative path from `from` to `to`.
extension
Searches for a file extension separated by a `.` and returns the string after that `.`.
stem
Returns the last component of this path without its extension (if any):
ComponentIterator
A path component iterator that can move forwards and backwards.
fmtAsUtf8Lossy
Format a path encoded as bytes for display as UTF-8.
fmtWtf16LeAsUtf8Lossy
Format a path encoded as WTF-16 LE for display as UTF-8.

= '\\'

Values

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sep
= switch (native_os) { .windows, .uefi => sep_windows, else => sep_posix, }
sep_str
= switch (native_os) { .windows, .uefi => sep_str_windows, else => sep_str_posix, }
delimiter
= if (native_os == .windows) delimiter_windows else delimiter_posix

Source

Implementation

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pub fn previous(self: *Self) ?Component {
    const peek_result = self.peekPrevious() orelse return null;
    self.start_index = peek_result.path.len - peek_result.name.len;
    self.end_index = peek_result.path.len;
    return peek_result;
}