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Synopsis

string fileExtension(string $file)

Return the file extension.

Return value

None

Arguments

Variable Name Variable Type Description
$file string A file that may contain a file extension.

MEL examples

      fileExtension("file.txt");
        // Result: txt //

        fileExtension("c:/Images/image.bmp");
        // Result: bmp //

        fileExtension("/usr/images/picture.jpg");
        // Result: jpg //

        fileExtension("c:\Documents\Pictures\me.jpg");
        // Result: jpg //

        fileExtension("frame.012.tif");
        // Result: tif //