FILEPARTS

Purpose:

Returns the directory, filename and extension of a path string.

Syntax:

FILEPARTS("pathname")

(path, filename, ext) = FILEPARTS("pathname")

"pathname"

A string, a full path string containing a directory component.

Returns:

A string, the directory name.

(path, filename) = FILEPARTS("pathname") returns the path component and filename with extension.

(path, filename, ext) = FILEPARTS("pathname") returns the path component, filename without extension and the file extension (if any) with a leading period ( . ).

Example:

fileparts("\dsp\system.mac")

returns the directory component "\dsp"

Example:

(path, fname) = fileparts("\dsp\system.mac")

path == "\dsp"

fname == "system.mac"

Example:

(path, fname, ext) = fileparts("\dsp\system.mac")

path == "\dsp"

fname == "system"

ext == ".mac"

Remarks:

The returned path component does not contain a trailing path separator.

The extension component contains a leading period if it exists.

The file specified by "pathname" does not have to exist.

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