[issue33102] get the nth folder of a given path

Tal Einat added the comment: -1 on adding this to os.path given the existence in pathlib. -- nosy: +taleinat ___ Python tracker ___

[issue33102] get the nth folder of a given path

Tal Einat added the comment: I'm closing this as "wontfix". Amjad, if you'd like to discuss this further, please bring it up on python-ideas. Serhiy, as the expert for the os.path module, FYI. -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka ___ Python tracker

[issue33102] get the nth folder of a given path

Change by Tal Einat : -- resolution: -> wont fix stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue33102] get the nth folder of a given path

Eric V. Smith added the comment: Yes, it's cross platform. For a plain string version, you can use a utility function: >>> for i in range(n+1): ... path = os.path.dirname(path) ... I'm not sure it's worth adding this to os.path. --

[issue33102] get the nth folder of a given path

AmjadHD added the comment: Yes but i dont know if this is cross platform solution, i guess this function should be in the os.path module. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue33102] get the nth folder of a given path

Eric V. Smith added the comment: Path.parents will do what you want. I don't have a Windows box handy, but this is on MacOS: >>> from pathlib import Path >>> p = >>> Path("/Users/User/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python36/Lib/asyncio/__init__.py") >>> p.parents[1]

[issue33102] get the nth folder of a given path

Change by amjad ben hedhili : -- title: get the nth folder -> get the nth folder of a given path ___ Python tracker ___