Microsoft® JScript™ GetExtensionName Method | Language Reference Version 3

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##### Description

> Returns a string containing the extension name for the last component in a path.

##### Syntax

> object.GetExtensionName(path)

> The GetExtensionName method syntax has these parts:

> Part | Description
> object | Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject.
> path | Required. The path specification for the component whose extension name is to be returned.

##### Remarks

> For network drives, the root directory (\) is considered to be a component.

> The GetExtensionName method returns a zero-length string ("") if no component matches the path argument.

> The following example illustrates the use of the GetExtensionName method:

> >     function ShowExtensionName(filespec)
> >     {
> >       var fso, s = "";
> >       fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
> >       s += fso.GetExtensionName(filespec);
> >       return(s);
> >     }

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