How to remove PythonCode from the path returned by os.path.dirname(file)?

Question

I have a python script in PythonCode folder. I want that I should get the path excluding the PythonCode from it when using os.path.dirname(__file__), currently when I am using os.path.dirname(__file__) it is returning this:-

C:\Users\xyz\Documents\ABC\Python Code

but I need this path:-

C:\Users\xyz\Documents\ABC\

import os

dirname = os.path.dirname(__file__)

print (dirname)

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 03 '19 at 14:12

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You can wrap dirname once again to go up a directory

dirname=os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(path))

answered Nov 03 '19 at 14:12

Jason Adhinarta

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and how to convert this path returned as C:\Users\xyz\Documents\ABC to this C:/Users/xyz/Documents/ABC – Shubham Nov 03 '19 at 14:16
You can just do `dirname=dirname.replace("\\","/")` – Jason Adhinarta Nov 03 '19 at 14:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 03 '19 at 14:14

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Just call os.path.dirname() again on what you have:

import os

dirname = r"C:\Users\xyz\Documents\ABC\Python Code"
wanted = os.path.dirname(dirname)
print(wanted)  # -> C:\Users\xyz\Documents\ABC

answered Nov 03 '19 at 14:14

martineau

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 03 '19 at 14:16

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This has been already answered here.

You can do something like this,

import os
print(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir)))

answered Nov 03 '19 at 14:16

Gautham Pughazhendhi

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 03 '19 at 14:22

The other answers use os.path, but you could also use the standard library pathlib module (https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html), which some people prefer because of its more intuitive object-oriented interface:

from pathlib import Path

wanted = Path(__file__).parent.parent

wanted_as_string = str(wanted)

How to remove PythonCode from the path returned by os.path.dirname(__file__)?

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How to remove PythonCode from the path returned by os.path.dirname(file)?