Description

Retrieves the extension portion of a file path, excluding the dot. For example, for "c:/temp/take25.c3d", "c3d" will be returned.

Functional area

System

getFileExtension "filePath"

Name	Type	Required	Comments
`filePath`	string	yes	Full path to the file to get the extension for. Be sure to use forward slashes instead of back slashes.

None

string

Returns the file's extension.

// Get the extension of a file path.
string $extension;
string $path = "c:/temp/take25.c3d";
$extension = `getFileExtension $path`;
print $extension;