Path.GetExtension
Method
Definition
Returns the extension of the specified path string.
public static string GetExtension (string path);
- path
- String
The path string from which to get the extension.
The extension of the specified path (including the period "."), or null, or Empty. If path is null, GetExtension(String) returns null. If path does not have extension information, GetExtension(String) returns Empty.
path contains one or more of the invalid characters defined in GetInvalidPathChars().
Examples
The following code example demonstrates using the GetExtension method on a Windows-based desktop platform.
String^ fileName = "C:\\mydir.old\\myfile.ext";
String^ path = "C:\\mydir.old\\";
String^ extension;
extension = Path::GetExtension( fileName );
Console::WriteLine( "GetExtension('{0}') returns '{1}'", fileName, extension );
extension = Path::GetExtension( path );
Console::WriteLine( "GetExtension('{0}') returns '{1}'", path, extension );
// This code produces output similar to the following:
//
// GetExtension('C:\mydir.old\myfile.ext') returns '.ext'
// GetExtension('C:\mydir.old\') returns ''
string fileName = @"C:\mydir.old\myfile.ext";
string path = @"C:\mydir.old\";
string extension;
extension = Path.GetExtension(fileName);
Console.WriteLine("GetExtension('{0}') returns '{1}'",
fileName, extension);
extension = Path.GetExtension(path);
Console.WriteLine("GetExtension('{0}') returns '{1}'",
path, extension);
// This code produces output similar to the following:
//
// GetExtension('C:\mydir.old\myfile.ext') returns '.ext'
// GetExtension('C:\mydir.old\') returns ''
Dim fileName As String = "C:\mydir.old\myfile.ext"
Dim pathname As String = "C:\mydir.old\"
Dim extension As String
extension = Path.GetExtension(fileName)
Console.WriteLine("GetExtension('{0}') returns '{1}'", fileName, extension)
extension = Path.GetExtension(pathname)
Console.WriteLine("GetExtension('{0}') returns '{1}'", pathname, extension)
' This code produces output similar to the following:
'
' GetExtension('C:\mydir.old\myfile.ext') returns '.ext'
' GetExtension('C:\mydir.old\') returns ''
Remarks
The extension of path is obtained by searching path for a period (.), starting with the last character in path and continuing toward the start of path. If a period is found before a DirectorySeparatorChar or AltDirectorySeparatorChar character, the returned string contains the period and the characters after it; otherwise, Empty is returned.
For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.