* Handling filenames without extensions

[ColeValleyGirl]

I'm writing a plugin that needs (among other things) to split a file name into path, filename and extension.

I'm trying to use the following code snippet:

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    function SplitFilename(strFilename)
    	-- Returns the Path, Filename, and Extension as 3 values
    	if lfs.attributes(strFilename,"mode") == "directory" then
    		local strPath = strFilename:gsub("[\\/]$","")
    		return strPath.."\\","",""
    	end
    	return strFilename:match("(.-)([^\\/]-([^\\/%.]+))$")
    end

but am finding it fails when the file does not have an extension.

For example, fed "C://example.com/path/image_without_extension"

it returns

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C://example.com/path/
image_without_extension
image_without_extension

whereas "C://example.com/path/image_without_extension.tif"

returns

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C://example.com/path/
image_without_extension.tif
tif

Ideally I want the function to return:

the complete path
the filename without trailing . or extension
the extension

so e.g.

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C://example.com/path/
image_without_extension
tif

or

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C://example.com/path/
image_without_extension
nil

Anyone suggest how I can modify it -- or point me to a utility for creating Lua patterns (I have one for all flavours of regex, but can't find one for patterns)

[tatewise]

Knowledge Base > Split a Filename into Path, File, and Extension (code snippet).

Yes, it is a bit tricky, but the following works:

strFilename = strFilename.."."
return strFilename:match("^(.-)([^\\/]-)%.([^\\/%.]-)%.?$")

All the following are correctly parsed:
local p,f,e = Filename("C:\\User\\name")
local p,f,e = Filename("C:\\User\\name.")
local p,f,e = Filename("C:\\User\\name.tif")
local p,f,e = Filename("C:\\User\\name.one.tif")
local p,f,e = Filename("C:\\User.X\\name.one.tif")
It is these last two cases that needs the dot appended to strFilename to cope with a dot within the filename part.

I will add that refinement to the Code Snippet.

I am not aware of a utility for creating Lua Patterns.

[ColeValleyGirl]

Thanks, Mike -- I've been scratching my head over if for a day. Now on to the next thing in the plugin snagging list...