Filename extensions
Get or change a filename extension
extension(filename, value=NULL, maxchar=10) extension(filename) <- value
filename |
A filename, with or without the path |
value |
A file extension with or without a dot, e.g., ".txt" or "txt" |
maxchar |
Maximum number of characters after the last dot in the filename, for that string to be considered a filename extension |
A file extension, filename or path.
If ext(filename) is used without a value argument, it returns the file extension; otherwise it returns the filename (with new extensions set to value
fn <- "c:/temp folder/filename.exten sion" extension(fn) extension(fn) <- ".txt" extension(fn) fn <- extension(fn, '.document') extension(fn) extension(fn, maxchar=4)
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