>>>Hi. I am doing an Array of a folder's contents. How do I test for an empty directory?
>>Thanks, Randy
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>>If you use adir(), check the return value. It will return the number of files found. From help: "If the array exists and ADIR( ) returns 0 because no matching files are found, the array remains unchanged. If the array doesn't exist and ADIR( ) returns 0, the array isn't created."
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>ADIR() also returns the names of the subdirectories -- so there may not be any files but can have a return >0 due to subdirectories.
In that case, there would be no problem about the empty array, as the question indicates. Looping through the array, the programmer can test whether the object in question is a directory, or not.
Also, directories are only included if the programmer explicitly asks for it, through the third parameter.
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