NAME¶

std::experimental::filesystem::path::replace_extension - std::experimental::filesystem::path::replace_extension

Synopsis¶

path& replace_extension( const path& replacement = path() ); (1) (filesystem TS)

Replaces the extension with replacement or removes it when the default value of
replacement is used.

Firstly, if this path has an extension(), it is removed.

Then, a dot character is appended if replacement is not empty or does not begin with
a dot character.

Then replacement is appended to the path.

Parameters¶

replacement - the extension to replace with

Return value¶

*this

Exceptions¶

May throw implementation-defined exceptions.

Example¶

// Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <experimental/filesystem>
namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;

int main()
{
fs::path p = "/foo/bar.jpeg";
std::cout << "Was: " << p << '\n';
p.replace_extension(".jpg");
std::cout << "Now: " << p << '\n';
}

Output:¶

Was: "/foo/bar.jpeg"
Now: "/foo/bar.jpg"

See also¶

extension returns the file extension path component
(public member function)
filename returns the filename path component
(public member function)
stem returns the stem path component
(public member function)
has_extension checks if the corresponding path element is not empty
(public member function)