How do i get the path of a png currently selected with get.next in a directory?

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Godot Version

Godot v4.6.1

Question

So with the .get_next()method you can cycle through the files in a directory, like if i have opened a directory containing apple.png, grapes.png and orange.png with DirAccess.open and then start cycling through it with Example_Var = Example_Directory.get_next() the Example_Var will be “orange.png” the first time then “apple.png” the second etc, is it possible to get the path of the file the Example_Varis currently set to? Like getting “res://fruits/orange.png“ when Example_Var set to orange.png for instance so you can use it as the filepath for stuff like changing a texture.

Sorry if its a stupid question or i asked this wrong or smth, its my first time here.

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What is your use case?

Does it not work to simply preload them at the top of your script and change the texture?

Something like:

var orange := preload(“res://fruits/orange.png”)

func change_png():
png.texture = orange

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get_next() already provides the filename with extenstion, so you just need to merge the filename with the directory path.

var file_name = dir.get_next()
var file_path = str(dir_path + "/" + file_name)
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This may not work as you expect in exported games, “res://” paths will change but functions like load still work as expected, DirAccess exposes what files really end up in the pack as .remap files.

If you want to read a directory of resources use ResourceLoader.list_directory