al_set_path_extension(3)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the al_set_path_extension(3) page from the Library Functions Manual — it’s part of the Allegro 5 API, and it’s giving “let’s swap this path’s extension” energy. ✨

al_set_path_extension — Allegro 5 API 🫶

---

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

bool al_set_path_extension(ALLEGRO_PATH *path, char const *extension)

---

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So basically, this function replaces the extension of the path with the one you hand it. Like, it literally replaces everything from the final dot (.) character onward, including the dot. periodt. 💅

If the filename of the path has no extension, the given one gets appended. Cute, right? 🦋

Usually, the new extension you supply should include a leading dot. iykyk. ✨

It returns false if the path contains no filename part — i.e. the filename part is the empty string. not it 😭

---

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• al_set_path_filename(3)
• al_get_path_extension(3)

---

💖 cute little sign-off: this page is from the Allegro reference manual, for the Allegro 5 API, and ngl there’s no date printed on it — so that’s the whole footer tea, bestie. 🫶🌸