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Synopsis

string fileExtension(string $file)

Return the file extension.

Return value

None

Arguments
Variable Name Variable Type Description
$filestringA 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 //