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Function std.path.withDefaultExtension

Set the extension of path to ext if path doesn't have one.

auto withDefaultExtension(R, C) (
  R path,
  C[] ext
)
if (isRandomAccessRange!R && hasSlicing!R && hasLength!R && isSomeChar!(ElementType!R) && !isSomeString!R && isSomeChar!C);

auto withDefaultExtension(C1, C2) (
  C1[] path,
  C2[] ext
)
if (isSomeChar!C1 && isSomeChar!C2);

Parameters

NameDescription
path filespec as string or range
ext extension, may have leading '.'

Returns

range with the result

Example

import std.array;
writeln(withDefaultExtension("file", "ext").array); // "file.ext"
writeln(withDefaultExtension("file"w, ".ext").array); // "file.ext"w
writeln(withDefaultExtension("file.", "ext").array); // "file."
writeln(withDefaultExtension("file", "").array); // "file."

import std.utf : byChar, byWchar;
writeln(withDefaultExtension("file".byChar, "ext").array); // "file.ext"
writeln(withDefaultExtension("file"w.byWchar, ".ext").array); // "file.ext"w
writeln(withDefaultExtension("file.".byChar, "ext"d).array); // "file."
writeln(withDefaultExtension("file".byChar, "").array); // "file."

Authors

Lars Tandle Kyllingstad, Walter Bright, Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz, Thomas Kühne, Andrei Alexandrescu

License

Boost License 1.0