# Help manipulating strings in expressions or scripts **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** scripting\ **Created:** [February 4, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-manipulating-strings-in-expressions-or-scripts/55777 "2022-02-04T18:42:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kyle\_fineran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@kyle\_fineran](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kyle_fineran)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-manipulating-strings-in-expressions-or-scripts/55777/1 "2022-02-04T18:42:44Z")
I am using a horizontal menu to navigate between different sites. I would like to set the menu label to the current site name. I have tried using page.props.path and page.props.primaryview but both of them come with extra fluff that I can’t figure out how to trim off. Primaryview comes with the whole path so “foldername/anotherfoldername/the part I actually want” I have tried splitting that with split({value},"/")[0,2] but it says 2 is too long for length 0. I figured the error would go away once it has an actual path to work with, but when implemented it is blank with an error overlay. I would appreciate any tips. ---
**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-manipulating-strings-in-expressions-or-scripts/55777/2 "2022-02-04T19:25:31Z")
Script: ```auto # -1 always gives the final item of the array "foldername/anotherfoldername/the part I actually want".split("/")[-1] ``` Expression: ```auto split("foldername/anotherfoldername/the part I actually want", "/")[len(split("foldername/anotherfoldername/the part I actually want", "/")) - 1,0] ```