JavaScript Program to Get File Extension

Example 1: Using split() and pop()

Output

js
txt

In the above program, the extension of the filename is extracted using the split() method and the pop() method.

• The filename is split into individual array elements using the split() method.
  Here, filename.split('.') gives ["module", "js"] by splitting the string.
• The last array element, which is the extension, is returned using the pop() method.

Example 2: Using substring() and lastIndexOf()

Output

js
txt

In the above program, the extension of the filename is extracted using the substring() method and the lastIndexOf() method.

• filename.lastIndexOf('.') + 1 returns the last position of . in the filename.
  1 is added because the position count starts from 0.
• The filename.length property returns the length of the string.
• substring(filename.lastIndexOf('.') + 1, filename.length) method returns characters between the given indexes. For example, 'module.js'.substring(8, 10) returns js.
• The OR || operator is used to return the original string if there is no . in the filename.