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Liv B
Courses Plus Student 51 Pointsabsolute.py task 2
I don't know what I'm doing wrong
def absolute(path, root):
path = "projects\\python_basics\\"
root = "C:\\"
if not os.path.isabs(path):
join_path = root + path
return join_path
else:
return path
3 Answers
Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 PointsHi Liv
try this
def absolute(path, root):
path = "\\projects\\python_basics\\"
root = "C:"
if not os.path.isabs(path):
join_path = root + path
return join_path
else:
return path
According to the docs, os.path.isabs chops of the drive letter, so your path should start with 2 backslashes on Windows and a forward slash on unix. See how this works? I don't work on windows so cannot test it.
Liv B
Courses Plus Student 51 PointsI don't know what else to try, that still doesn't work
Liv B
Courses Plus Student 51 PointsIt worked!!! thank you. The challenge did not want path and root defined. I commented them out and it worked just fine