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Python Python for File Systems Project Starter Solid Paths

Edgar Castelo
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Edgar Castelo
Courses Plus Student 19,428 Points
Posted by Edgar Castelo
Edgar Castelo
Courses Plus Student 19,428 Points

More ways to solve this problem.

Can someone tell me other ways to solve this one.

builder.py 
import pathlib

def get_root():
    root = pathlib.PurePath(
        input("What's the full path where you'd like the project? ")
    )
    if not root.is_absolute():
        return pathlib.PurePath("/" + str(root))
    return root

1 Answer

Stephen Cole
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Stephen Cole
Courses Plus Student 15,809 Points
Stephen Cole
Stephen Cole
Courses Plus Student 15,809 Points

This is what I did:

def get_root():
    root = pathlib.PurePath(
        input("What's the full path where you'd like the project? ")
    )
    if not root.is_absolute():
        root = os.path.abspath(root)
    return root