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Pythonpath get last part of path

I dont want to use pathlib, so avoid answers with it

aString = "/test/test1/test2/test3"
aString = os.path(astring.parts[1:])

I want to get /test1/test2/test3 ,using import os or import os.path

Solution

  • If you can only use os, this may suit:

    my_path = '/test1/test2/test3/test4'
os.path.sep.join(['']+my_path.split(os.path.sep)[2:])

    Note that it takes 2: because the root will be in the split as well, so it just adds that back in.

    Also note that if your path is actually /test1/test2/test3/test4, then /test2/test3/test4 seems an odd value, since it still starts at the root - you may want to check if that's really what you need.