Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition 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 use of the GetExtensionName method:

> >     Function GetAnExtension(DriveSpec)
> >       Dim fso
> >       Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> >       GetAnExtension = fso.GetExtensionName(Drivespec)
> >     End Function

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