fileparts

Arguments

fullpath

a string or a string matrix, the given file path.

sel

a optional character string selector, with possible values: 'path', 'fname' or 'extension'.

path

a string or a string matrix, the path of the directory pointed to by fullpath.

fname

a string or a string matrix, the filename part is any or ''.

extension

a string or a string matrix, the extension part is any or ''.

value

a string or a string matrix, depending on sel value.

Description

[path, fname, extension] = fileparts(fullpath) splits the fullpath character string in its three parts: the path of the directory pointed to, the filename part, the extension part including the dot.

Examples

[path,fname,extension]=fileparts('SCI/etc/scilab.start')
fileparts('SCI/etc/scilab.start','extension')
[path,fname,extension]=fileparts(['SCI/etc/scilab.start', 'SCI/etc/scilab.start'])
fileparts(['SCI/etc/scilab.start', 'SCI/etc/scilab.start'],'extension')

See also

• pathconvert — converts a path to an OS path format.
• basename — strip directory and suffix from filenames
• fullfile — builds a full filename from parts