System.IOUtils.TPath.GetExtension

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Delphi

class function GetExtension(const FileName: string): string; static;

C++

static System::UnicodeString __fastcall GetExtension(const System::UnicodeString FileName);

Properties

Type	Visibility	Source	Unit	Parent
function	public	System.IOUtils.pas System.IOUtils.hpp	System.IOUtils	TPath

Description

Extracts the extension part of a file name.

GetExtension extracts the extension part of the given file name. The resulting string also includes the dot that separates the extension from the path. If FileName has no extension, the resulting string is empty. The following table lists the parameters expected by this method.

Name	Meaning
FileName	The file name from which the extension is extracted.

Note: GetExtension raises an exception if the given file name contains invalid characters.

See Also

• GetDirectoryName

• GetFileName

• GetFileNameWithoutExtension

Code Examples

• PathOperations (Delphi)
• PathOperations (C++)