How to remove name of parent directory in Python [duplicate]

Question

I am passing a file path to a method. An example is the following: The method--

def example(image): code not shown

The call to the method--

example("resources/1.png")

In this, I want to remove the "resources/" part using the example method and simply return "1.png". How can I do that?

André Laszlo · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-15 21:58:14Z

The standard library has exactly the function you're looking for, it's called basename. you just need to import os:

>>> import os >>> os.path.basename("resources/1.png") '1.png'

I guess your function could then be written as:

from os import path # Usually goes at the top of the file def example(image): return path.basename(image)

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