raster (version 3.0-2)

extension: Filename extensions

Description

Get or change a filename extension

Usage

extension(filename, value=NULL, maxchar=10)
extension(filename) <- value

Arguments

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

Value

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

Examples

# NOT RUN {
fn <- "c:/temp folder/filename.exten sion"
extension(fn)
extension(fn) <- ".txt"
extension(fn)
fn <- extension(fn, '.document')
extension(fn)
extension(fn, maxchar=4)
# }