Python | os.path.split () method

os.path.split (() in Python is used for os.path.split ( ( ) path name to the head and tail pair. Here tail — this is the last component of the path name, and head — whatever leads to this.

For example, consider the following path:

 path name = ’/ home / User / Desktop / file.txt’ 

B In the above example, the "file.txt" pathname component is tail, and "/ home / User / Desktop /" is the head. The tail will never contain a forward slash; if the path name ends with a forward slash, tail will be empty, and if the path name does not have a forward slash, head will be empty.

For example :

  path   head   tail  ’/ home / user / Desktop / file.txt’’ / home / user / Desktop /’ ’file.txt’’ / home / user / Desktop / ’’ / home / user / Desktop / ’{empty}’ file.txt’ {empty} ’file.txt’ 

Syntax: os.path.split ( (path)

Parameter:
path : A path-like object representing a file system path. A path-like object is either a str or bytes object representing a path.

Return Type: This method returns a tuple that represents head and tail of the specified path name.

Code # 1: Using the os.path.split ( ( )

# Python program to explain the os.path.split ( () method   # import of the os module import os   # path path = ’/ home / User / Desktop / file.txt’   # Split path into # steam head and tail head_tail = os.path.split ( (path)   # print head and tail # specified path print ( "Head of’% s: ’" % path, head_tail [ 0 ]) print ( " Tail of ’% s:’ " % path, head_tail [ 1 ], "" )     # path path = ’/ home / User / Desktop /’   # Split path in # head and tail of steam head_tail = os.path.split ( (path)    # print head and tail # specified path print ( " Head of ’% s:’ " % path, head_tail [ 0 ]) print ( "Tail of’% s: ’" % path, head_tail [ 1 ], "" )   # path path = ’file.txt’   # Split path into # steam head and tail head_tail = os.path.split ( (path)    # printhead and tail # of the specified path print ( " Head of ’% s:’ " % path, head_tail [ 0 < / code> ]) print ( "Tail of’% s: ’" % path, head_tail [ 1 ])

Exit :

 Head of ’/ home / User / Desktop / file.txt’: / home / User / Desktop Tail of’ / home / User / Desktop / file.txt’: file.txt Head of ’/ home / User / Desktop /’: / home / User / Desktop Tail of ’/ home / User / Desktop /’: Head of ’file.txt’: Tail of’ file.txt’: file.txt 

Code # 2: if the path is empty

# Python program for an explanation of the os.path.split ( () method   # import the os module import os    # path path = ’’   # Split path in # steam head and tail head_tail = os.path.split ( (path)   # print head and tail # of the specified path print ( "Head of’% s’: " % path, head_tail [ 0 ]) print ( "Tail of’% s ’:" % path, head_tail [ 1 ])     # os.path.split ( () function # returns empty # head and tail if # specified path is empty

Exit:

 Head of ’’: Tail of ’’: 

Link: https://docs.python.org/3/ library / os.path.html