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# 344 Extract filename extension
Assign to ext the fragment of the string f after the last dot character, or the empty string if f does not contain a dot.

E.g. "photo.jpg" -> "jpg"

ext must not contain the dot character.
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Other implementations 
import "path/filepath"
import "strings"
ext := strings.TrimPrefix(filepath.Ext(f), ".")
sysutils
ext := ExtractFileExt(f); //contains the dot or is empty string
if (ext <> '') then system.delete(ext,1,1); //removes the leading dot
import os
ext = os.path.splitext(f)[1][1:]
ext = File.extname(f).delete_prefix(".")

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