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Find the File .EXT on the end of a File Name after last period
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FileExtension PROCEDURE(*STRING FN),STRING
MODULE('RTL')
LenFastClip PROCEDURE(CONST *STRING Text2Measure),LONG,NAME('Cla$FASTCLIP')
END
END
!--------------------------------------
FileExtension PROCEDURE(*STRING FN)!,STRING
L USHORT,AUTO
Ext STRING(24),AUTO
CODE
L=INSTRING('.',FN,-1,SIZE(FN)) !Last Period
IF L THEN
Ext=SUB(FN,L+1,24)
! L=LEN(CLIP(Ext))
L=LenFastClip(Ext)
IF L<=3 AND L THEN
RETURN UPPER(Ext[1 : L]) ! 3 Char .Ext .EXT
ELSIF L THEN !Period alone should not happen
Ext[1]=UPPER(Ext[1]) ! Upper letter 1
RETURN Ext[1 : L]
END
END
RETURN ''
!--------------------------------------
! Less Code - returns 1 blank if the impossible happens, a file with '.' and no EXT
!--------------------------------------
FileExtension PROCEDURE(*STRING FN)!,STRING
L USHORT,AUTO
Ext STRING(24),AUTO
CODE
L=INSTRING('.',FN,-1,SIZE(FN))
IF ~L THEN RETURN ''.
Ext=SUB(FN,L+1,24)
! L=LEN(CLIP(Ext))
L=LenFastClip(Ext)
IF L<=3 AND L THEN RETURN UPPER(Ext[1 : L]). ! 3 Char UPPER
IF ~L THEN L=1. ! Period alone should never happen, if it does let's not GPF
Ext[1]=UPPER(Ext[1]) ! Upper letter 1
RETURN Ext[1 : L]
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