Return File Extension

[Valuater]

That's the 2nd time I've forgotten that existed, I've written my own 2 or 3 times for various things... So I'm guilty as charged, saw it written even above and it didn't register... just thought I'd jump in the cock fight and got roosted ... I mean roasted !

ditto....

8)

[MHz]

File.au3 can be found here and it still looks functional for use with 3.1.1.

Or you can download AutoIt Beta from here, which will have the latest up to date UDFs included.

[SlimJim]

To make the above useful, you need to extend it to be able to put it back together if UNC pathnames (\\), directory names with periods, or filenames with multiple periods .

i.e. \\server\sharename\path1\path2.ext\yyyymmdd.hhmm.log

When you've got something that works, you should be able to have a StringFormat() line that puts it back together exactly as you took it apart w/o having to refer back to $file.

A somewhat delayed answer to this as the post about _PathSplit answers the question. However, for my own benefit I followed through my suggestion and have used your pathname as an example. As I said earlier I am essentially a beginner when it comes to AutoIt so I'm sure this can be improved.

$filepath="\\server\sharename\path1\path2.ext\yyyymmdd.hhmm.log"

; BACKWARD OR FORWARD SLASHES?
If StringInStr($filepath,"\") > 0 then
    $d = "\"
elseif StringInStr($filepath,"/") > 0 then
    $d = "/"
else 
    $d=""
endif

;FIRST SPLIT THE FILE PATH INTO FOLDERS AND THE FULL FILENAME

$tree = Stringsplit($filepath,"/\",0)
$fullfilename = $tree[$tree[0]]
$namesplit = StringSplit($fullfilename,".",0)
$ext = $namesplit[$namesplit[0]]
$filename = StringLeft($fullfilename,StringLen($fullfilename) - StringLen($ext) - 1)

;NOW RECONSTRUCT $FILEPATH FROM THE $TREE ARRAY $FILENAME AND $EXT

$makefilepath = ""
For $i = 1 to $tree[0]-1
    If $tree[$i] = "" then 
        $makefilepath = $makefilepath & $d  
    elseif $tree[$i] <> "" then
        $makefilepath = $makefilepath & $tree[$i] & $d
    endif
next

MsgBox(1,"Filepath",$makefilepath &  $filename & "." & $ext)

[Valik]

A somewhat delayed answer to this as the post about _PathSplit answers the question. However, for my own benefit I followed through my suggestion and have used your pathname as an example. As I said earlier I am essentially a beginner when it comes to AutoIt so I'm sure this can be improved.

$filepath="\\server\sharename\path1\path2.ext\yyyymmdd.hhmm.log"

; BACKWARD OR FORWARD SLASHES?
If StringInStr($filepath,"\") > 0 then
    $d = "\"
elseif StringInStr($filepath,"/") > 0 then
    $d = "/"
else 
    $d=""
endif

;FIRST SPLIT THE FILE PATH INTO FOLDERS AND THE FULL FILENAME

$tree = Stringsplit($filepath,"/\",0)
$fullfilename = $tree[$tree[0]]
$namesplit = StringSplit($fullfilename,".",0)
$ext = $namesplit[$namesplit[0]]
$filename = StringLeft($fullfilename,StringLen($fullfilename) - StringLen($ext) - 1)

;NOW RECONSTRUCT $FILEPATH FROM THE $TREE ARRAY $FILENAME AND $EXT

$makefilepath = ""
For $i = 1 to $tree[0]-1
    If $tree[$i] = "" then 
        $makefilepath = $makefilepath & $d  
    elseif $tree[$i] <> "" then
        $makefilepath = $makefilepath & $tree[$i] & $d
    endif
next

MsgBox(1,"Filepath",$makefilepath &  $filename & "." & $ext)

And what happens if there isn't a file extension in the path?

[SlimJim]

And what happens if there isn't a file extension in the path?

So I need an extra line to check whether or not there is a "." in the $fullfilename and if not set $ext = "". Thank you for pointing that out.

[RazerM]

Thanks alot guys i finally got my script working

[zelles]

Simplest way to find the true extention is:

$path = "C:\folder 1\folder2\autoit.0.0.1.exe"

$findext = StringSplit($path, ".")
$extention = $findext[$findext[0]]

MsgBox(0, "Results", "The extention is " & $extention)

[BrewManNH]

You do realize you replied to an 8 year old topic right?

BTW, your snippet does zero error checking and will cause an error if there is no extension.

[SmOke_N]

You do realize you replied to an 8 year old topic right?

BTW, your snippet does zero error checking and will cause an error if there is no extension.

The StringSplit function always returns an array with default settings.  So no error would exist, the array would be the entire string.

Global $ga_Split = StringSplit("noDots", ".")
Global $gsz_Data = $ga_Split[$ga_Split[0]]
ConsoleWrite($gsz_Data & @CRLF) 

 

 

Simplest way to find the true extention is:

$path = "C:\folder 1\folder2\autoit.0.0.1.exe"

$findext = StringSplit($path, ".")
$extention = $findext[$findext[0]]

MsgBox(0, "Results", "The extention is " & $extention)

Please be more mindful of the age of threads you respond to in the future.

In addition... Simplicity is really in the eye of the beholder I would think.  Your example is not the "simplest" IMHO.

Global $gsz_File = "C:\SomeFolder\SomeOtherFolder\Some.OtherFolder\SomeFile.SomeOddThing.IamTheExtension"
Global $gsz_DataAfterLastDecimalNotNecessarilyAnExtensionIfTheFileIsNotAFile = _
    StringRegExpReplace($gsz_File, "^(.+?)(\w+)\z", "$2")
ConsoleWrite($gsz_DataAfterLastDecimalNotNecessarilyAnExtensionIfTheFileIsNotAFile & @CRLF)