Remove Last Path Component In a String

Question

I have a path:

myPath = "C:\Users\myFile.txt"

I would like to remove the end path so that the string only contains:

"C:\Users"

So far I am using split, but it just gives me a list, and im stuck at this point.

myPath = myPath.split(os.sep)

Thanks

Answer 1

You should not manipulate paths directly, there is os.path module for that.

>>> import os.path
>>> print os.path.dirname("C:\Users\myFile.txt")
C:\Users
>>> print os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname("C:\Users\myFile.txt"))
C:\

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