R: Extract the part of a string before the last period.

str_before_last_dot {strex} | R Documentation

## Extract the part of a string before the last period.

### Description

This is usually used to get the part of a file name that doesn't include the file extension. It is vectorized over `string`. If there is no period in `string`, the input is returned.

### Usage

    str_before_last_dot(string)

### Arguments

`string` | A character vector.

### Value

A character vector.

### See Also

Other bisectors: `before-and-after`

### Examples

    str_before_last_dot(c("spreadsheet1.csv", "doc2.doc", ".R"))

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