Load the extension of a path.

Synopsis

Declared in <bdls_pathutil.h>

static
int
getExtension(
    bsl::string* extension,
    std::string_view const& path,
    int rootEnd = ‐1);

Description

Load into the specified extension the extension of path. If the optionally specified rootEnd offset is non‐negative, it is taken as the position in path of the character following the root. Return 0 if the path has an extension, and a non‐zero value otherwise. See []and Performance). See also for the definition of leaf and root.

Return Value

0 if path has an extension, and a non‐zero value otherwise

Parameters

Name

Description

extension

receives the extension of path

path

filesystem path to examine

rootEnd

if non‐negative, position in path of the character following the root

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