How to get a filename without extension in Kotlin

Question

What is the best way to get the filename from a String or a File object, removing the extension?

Answer 1

I found that creating a File object is a straightforward way to achieve this. No actual file will be created on disk. But take care that only the last extension will be removed:

File("myFile.txt").nameWithoutExtension
File("myFile.tar.gz").nameWithoutExtension

result:

"myFile"

"myFile.tar"