Remove Filename from string in Lua

Question

I need cut off the .ogg from the end of a various strings

For example

v = bdorian.ogg
h = {}

h[1] = v

How could I cutoff '.ogg' from the end of string v?

(A quick google search yielded no help)

Veer Singh · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-17 03:23:10Z

5

Well, you can take everything before the last period

v = "bdorian.ogg"
h = {}
h[1] = v:match("(.+)%..+$")

answered Dec 17, 2015 at 3:23

Veer Singh

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This match does not return filename if there's no an extension! In that case it returns nil.