get file name without extension

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how to get the file name without extension, taking into consideration that a file name may contain dots.
ex: file.name.txt -> returns: file.name

Posted 20-Dec-11 21:43pm

Rojeh

Updated 12-Dec-17 21:22pm

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Solution 1

Use FileInfo , follow the below code

in C#

FileInfo fno = new FileInfo("c:\\x.name.txt");
         MessageBox.Show(fno.Name.Replace(fno.Extension, ""));

for Java Script

link
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/680929/how-to-extract-extension-from-filename-string-in-javascript[^]

Posted 20-Dec-11 21:54pm

Rajesh Anuhya

Updated 20-Dec-11 22:14pm

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Rojeh 21-Dec-11 4:09am

is it in javascript??!

Rajesh Anuhya 21-Dec-11 4:11am

ohhh., am sorry this is in C#, wait i will update it.

Rojeh 21-Dec-11 4:28am

i checked this link before, it gets the extension not the file name.
anw 10x and it is done (i posted the solution)

Rojeh 21-Dec-11 5:50am

my +5 for the c# solution

Solution 3

yes. it's easy.
try out following javacscript function

JavaScript

function getFileNameOnly()
{
  var fileName = document.getElementById("txtFileName").value; //get file name
  var ext = fileName.substr(fileName.lastIndexOf('.') + 1); 
}

Posted 20-Dec-11 22:21pm

koolprasad2003

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Rojeh 21-Dec-11 4:28am

i guess +1 will return the dot

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Rojeh · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-20T22:08:00

Solution 2

i used

var name = file.substr(0, file.lastIndexOf('.'));

Posted 20-Dec-11 22:08pm

Rojeh

Updated 20-Dec-11 22:35pm

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