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$ext="i_am_the_walrus.txt"; $ext=~s/^[^.]*(\.[\w]+$)/$1/; print $ext;
use strict; my $filename="you_are_the_whale.doc"; ... print $ext; } else { print "No extensions in the zoo.\n"; }
use strict; use File::Basename; my $filename="we_are_not_all_mammals.zoo"; my ($base, $directory, $ext)=fileparse($filename, '\.[\w]+$'); print $ext;