method

extname

v2_2_9 - Show latest stable - 1 note - Class: File

extname(p1) public

Returns the extension (the portion of file name in path starting from the last period).

If path is a dotfile, or starts with a period, then the starting dot is not dealt with the start of the extension.

An empty string will also be returned when the period is the last character in path.

File.extname("test.rb")         #=> ".rb"
File.extname("a/b/d/test.rb")   #=> ".rb"
File.extname("foo.")            #=> ""
File.extname("test")            #=> ""
File.extname(".profile")        #=> ""
File.extname(".profile.sh")     #=> ".sh"

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static VALUE
rb_file_s_extname(VALUE klass, VALUE fname)
{
    const char *name, *e;
    long len;
    VALUE extname;

    FilePathStringValue(fname);
    name = StringValueCStr(fname);
    len = RSTRING_LEN(fname);
    e = ruby_enc_find_extname(name, &len, rb_enc_get(fname));
    if (len <= 1)
        return rb_str_new(0, 0);
    extname = rb_str_subseq(fname, e - name, len); /* keep the dot, too! */
    OBJ_INFECT(extname, fname);
    return extname;
}

January 27, 2010

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File name without the extension

To get the file name without the extension you can use File.extname in combination with File.basename

File.basename("test.rb", File.extname("test.rb"))             #=> "test"
File.basename("a/b/d/test.rb", File.extname("a/b/d/test.rb")) #=> "test"
File.basename("test", File.extname("test"))                   #=> "test"
File.basename(".profile", File.extname(".profile"))           #=> ".profile"

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File name without the extension