MATLAB Function Reference

fileparts

Return filename parts

Syntax

• [pathstr,name,ext,versn] = fileparts('filename')
  

Description

[pathstr,name,ext,versn] = fileparts('filename') returns the path, filename, extension, and version for the specified file. The returned ext field contains a dot (.) before the file extension.

The fileparts function is platform dependent.

You can reconstruct the file from the parts using

• fullfile(pathstr,[name ext versn])
  

Examples

This example returns the parts of file to path, name, ext, and ver.

• file = '\home\user4\matlab\classpath.txt';
  
  [pathstr,name,ext,versn] = fileparts(file)
  
  pathstr =
  \home\user4\matlab
  
  name =
  classpath
  
  ext =
  .txt
  
  versn =
       ''
  

See Also

fullfile

file formats

filesep