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needed str around a file pathname to open it - adetheheat - Feb-12-2020
I obtained a file pathname ending with .lst in the root dir like this:
for file_path in Path(args.path).glob('**/*.lst'):and I wanted to open the file file_path but needed str(file_path) to do so:for codeline in open(str(file_path)):
why did I need the 'str' call ? I thought file_path was a string anyway ?
Is there a way of doing this without the 'str' call as it seems strange I needed it ?
Thanks
RE: needed str around a file pathname to open it - DeaD_EyE - Feb-12-2020
Older Python versions are not everywhere compatible with Path objects. What you see is just the str representation, but it is not a str object. Never versions of Python can handle Path objects in stdlib and builtins. Instead you could also use the Method open of the Path object.
with Path("file.ext").open() as fd:
for line in fd:
...Tje Path object has also the methods read_text() and read_bytes().