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    trying to create funtion that prepends / to a file path that is not absoloute

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  • James Williams
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    The C:\ check requires C:\\ in order to work

    Posted on Apr 1, 2020 by James Williams
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  • Nancy Melucci
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    Need some feedback. Why doesn't this work?

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  • Rutendo Chaurura
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    I really need some help

    Posted on Sep 6, 2019 by Rutendo Chaurura
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  • fotini komninou
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    python absolute path function

    Posted on Mar 22, 2019 by fotini komninou
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  • Husnain Bustam
    Husnain Bustam
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    Getting SyntaxError while passing parameters value to the function.

    Posted on Nov 26, 2018 by Husnain Bustam
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  • ian mays
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    I'm not getting the right values for some of the paths and I'm not sure why.

    Posted on Oct 31, 2018 by ian mays
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  • Ethan Whitlock
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    Try Again... At least let me see the console so I can see what's going wrong...

    Posted on Oct 9, 2018 by Ethan Whitlock
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  • Chet Gray
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    Unknown issues with joining & absolute paths (Python for File Systems, Navigation, Absolutely, Challenge Task 2)

    Posted on Jul 24, 2018 by Chet Gray
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  • Alexander Davison
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    "Absolute" function not working. [Python for File Systems]

    Posted on Mar 26, 2018 by Alexander Davison
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  • debasis nath
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    Bummer! Didn't get the right return values for some paths

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  • Benjamin Kuijs
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    Python for File Systems, Challenge Task 2 of 2. I keep getting Bummer! Can't find `absolute`

    Posted on Sep 27, 2017 by Benjamin Kuijs
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  • Aaron Mason
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    I'm really new to python I don't know how to create a function for absolute with two arguments.

    Posted on Sep 27, 2017 by Aaron Mason
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  • s d
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    finding absolute path

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  • Liv B
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    absolute.py task 2

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  • Hussain Otudi
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    Now I need you to write a function named absolute that takes two arguments, a path string and a root string. If the path

    Posted on Aug 18, 2017 by Hussain Otudi
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  • anthony cummings
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    Import Python

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  • uday kiran
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    Code is not working

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  • Simon Wong
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    Need help with filesystems challenge task 2 of 2.

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  • Nomzamo Sithole
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    What am I doing wrong?

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    # what's wrong here ?

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