Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* SoftVolume.java Copyright (C) 2011 Belledonne Communications, Grenoble, France This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */ public class Main { public static String getExtensionFromFileName(String fileName) { String extension = null; int i = fileName.lastIndexOf('.'); if (i > 0) { extension = fileName.substring(i + 1); } return extension; } }