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<h1>path::change-extension</h1>
<p> Changes the extension of the path string. </p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<code>string path::change-extension(<span class="parameter">path</span>, <span class="parameter">extension</span>)
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<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<td>path</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>The path information to modify. The path cannot contain any of the characters defined in <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemIOPathInvalidPathCharsClassTopic.asp">InvalidPathChars</a>InvalidPathChars.</td>
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<td>extension</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>The new extension (with a leading period). Specify a null reference to remove an existing extension from <i>path</i>.</td>
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<h3>Return Value</h3>
<p> A string containing the modified path information. </p>
<p> On Windows-based desktop platforms, if <i>path</i> is an empty <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemStringClassTopic.asp">String</a>, the path information is returned unmodified. If <i>path</i> has no extension, the returned path <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemStringClassTopic.asp">String</a> contains <i>extension</i> appended to the end of <i>path</i>. </p>
<h3>Exceptions</h3>
The function will fail in any of the following circumstances:
<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><ul><li><i>path</i> contains one or more invalid characters.</li></ul></div><h3>Remarks</h3> For more information see the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemIOPathClassTopic.asp">Path</a> documentation. <h3>Requirements</h3><div style="margin-left: 20px;"><b>Assembly:</b> NAnt.Core (0.91.4312.0)
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