On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:34:56 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> When the only tool you know how to use is a hammer, everything looks
> like a nail. Instead of using regexes ("now you have two problems"), use
> the right tool: to count path components, split the path, then count the
> number of path components directly.
>
> import os
> components = os.path.split(some_path)
> print len(components)
Which is completely wrong. How embarrassing. Serves me right for not
testing my code before sending.
Nevertheless it is easy enough to write a split path function, or even to
use it in place:
def splitpath(path):
return os.path.normpath(path).split(os.path.sep)
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