matlab (version 1.0.4.1)

fileparts: MATLAB fileparts function

Description

Return filename parts.

Usage

fileparts(pathname)

Value

Returns a list with components:

pathstr

character string representing directory path

name

character string representing base of file name

ext

character string representing file extension

versn

character string representing version. Unused

Arguments

pathname

character string representing pathname to be parsed

Author

P. Roebuck

Details

Determines the path, filename, extension, and version for the specified file. The returned ext contains a dot (.) before the file extension. The returned versn is always an empty string as the field is provided for compatibility with its namesake's results.

See Also

fullfile

Examples

## Rename dot-txt file as dot-csv
ans <- fileparts("/home/luser/foo.txt")
fullfile(ans$pathstr, paste(ans$name, "csv", sep="."))   # /home/luser/foo.csv