function ext = get_file_extension(file)

% returns the extension of a file.
%
% INPUTS
%  o file      string, name of the file
%
% OUTPUTS
%  o ext       string, extension.
%
% REMARKS
%  If the provided file name has no extension, the routine will return an empty array.

% Copyright (C) 2013-2017 Dynare Team
%
% This file is part of Dynare.
%
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%
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[dir, fname, ext] = fileparts(file);

if ~isempty(ext)
    % Removes the leading dot.
    ext = ext(2:end);
end