How to get the file extension from a filename using Javascript

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How to get the file extension from a filename using Javascript

var filename = 'myFile.jpg';
var ext = filename.split('.').pop();  //We split the filename on every instance where the . is found and then getting the last element in the array using the pop() function 
alert(ext);

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