Determining Whether a File Suffix Matches a Given String - Java Language Basics

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Introduction

Use the endsWith() method on a given file name.

Demo Code



public class Main {
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    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String filename = "test.java";
        System.out.println("Finding file type of: " + filename);
        if(filename.endsWith(".txt")){
            System.out.println("Text file");
        } else if (filename.endsWith(".doc")){
            System.out.println("Document file");
        } else if (filename.endsWith(".xls")){
            System.out.println("Excel file");
        } else if (filename.endsWith(".java")){
            System.out.println("Java source file");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Other type of file");
        }
    }
}

Result


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