python format path-string to a list variables

Question

Is any easy way to quickly initialize path format to list variables in python Such as:

dir = "/root/path/file"

to

p[0] = "root"
p[1] = "path"
p[3] = "file"

Adem Öztaş · Answer 1 · 2016-03-03T15:19:27.900

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You can try like this,

>>> dir="/root/path/file"
>>> p = filter(lambda x: x != '', dir.split('/'))
>>> print(p)
['root', 'path', 'file']

edited Mar 03 '16 at 15:19

answered Mar 03 '16 at 15:14

Adem Öztaş

This is a better solution than mine for the *exact* example posted, but will not work for something like `"path/subpath/file"` – gtlambert Mar 03 '16 at 15:18

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 03 '16 at 15:23

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You can use split function for this:

p = dir.split('/')

edited Mar 03 '16 at 15:23

gtlambert

answered Mar 03 '16 at 15:15

Alex

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