Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* This file is part of Subsonic. Subsonic 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 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Subsonic 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 Subsonic. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. Copyright 2009 (C) Sindre Mehus */ public class Main { /** * Returns the base name (the substring before the last dot) of the given file. The dot * is not included in the returned basename. * * @param name The filename in question. * @return The base name, or an empty string if no basename is found. */ public static String getBaseName(String name) { int index = name.lastIndexOf('.'); return index == -1 ? name : name.substring(0, index); } }