Os.path.split

As explained in The Quick Python Book, Fourth Edition

os.path.split is a Python function that separates a pathname into its directory portion and final path component.

How The Quick Python Book, Fourth Edition covers it

How deep it goes

Explains the two-element tuple through a runnable example, without descending into implementation details or extensive edge cases.

Examples

Demonstrates splitting a path assembled with os.path.join and contrasts the result with basename and dirname outputs.

What you can do after

Apply it to retrieve a pathname’s parent portion and final component as a tuple.

How it connects

Connects os.path.split with os.path.basename, os.path.dirname, os.path.splitext, and os.path.join.

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Related concepts

• os.path.splitextcontrasts with · os.path.splitext is a Python standard-library function that splits a pathname into its root portion and final file-extension suffix.
• os.path.basenamealternative to · os.path.basename() is a Python function that returns the final component of a filesystem pathname.
• os.path.dirnamealternative to · os.path.dirname() is a Python function that returns the directory portion of a filesystem pathname, excluding its final component.
• os.path.joincontrasts with · os.path.join is a Python standard-library function that combines pathname components using the host operating system’s separator conventions.

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