Concatenate two folder names

Question

This should be easy enough, but I'm stuck on it for too much.

How do I concatenate two folder names?

For example:

ws = r'C:\Temp' folder = "Test"

I want to get a result of c:\Temp\Test but everything I do results in c:\TempTest.

I can't use + "\" because it's invalid operation.

You should definitely use @Tichodroma's answer. This will handle path concatenation correctly and platform-independently for you in all circumstances. The reason why "\" (or even r"\") didn't work is that the backslash is an escape character. Even in a raw string, the backslash is an escape character for the single use case of escaping the quote character. Therefore, you can't have a string that ends in a single backslash. — Tim Pietzcker
– Tim Pietzcker, Commented Oct 15, 2012 at 7:02

user647772 · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-15 06:58:59Z

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os.path.join(r'C:\Temp', 'Test')

answered Oct 15, 2012 at 6:58

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According to this answer the '\' should be a '/'... I have no windows to double check.