Answers for "python paths"

python path from string

from pathlib import Path
str_path = "my_path"
path = Path(str_path)

pathlib path forward or back slahses

>>> import pathlib
>>> p = pathlib.PureWindowsPath(r'diranotherdirfoodirmore')
>>> print(p)    
diranotherdirfoodirmore
>>> print(p.as_posix())
/dir/anotherdir/foodir/more
>>> str(p)
'\dir\anotherdir\foodir\more'
>>> str(p.as_posix())
'/dir/anotherdir/foodir/more'

windows how to store filepath as variabley python

from pathlib import Path

docs_folder = Path("some_folder/some_folder/")
text_file = docs_folder / "some_file.txt"
f = open(text_file)

#note must use forward slashes as pathlib will convert these to \ for windows