Folder hierarchy and paths in Intro to Computing - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to show the root folder in a file path.

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root = "[1]"

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Ausers

B/

Cdocuments

Dhome

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a subfolder name like 'home' or 'users' as the root folder.

Confusing the root folder with other folder names.

The root folder in a file path is represented by a single slash "/". It is the top-level directory.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to join folder names into a path using the correct separator.

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path = "home" + [1] + "documents"

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A/

B\\

C:

D-

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using backslash \\ which is used in Windows paths.

Using symbols like ':' or '-' which are not folder separators.

The forward slash "/" is used as a folder separator in Unix-like systems to join folder names into a path.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the path string by replacing the wrong separator.

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path = "C:[1]Users[1]Documents"

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A/

B:

C-

D\\

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using forward slash "/" in Windows paths.

Using colon ":" as a separator.

Windows paths use backslash \\ as the folder separator. The code needs \\ instead of "/" or ":".

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a relative path from 'documents' to 'photos'.

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relative_path = "[1]" + [2] + "photos"

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A..

B/

C\\

D.

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using "." which means current folder, not parent.

Using backslash \\ in Unix-like paths.

".." means go up one folder level, and "/" is the folder separator in relative paths on Unix-like systems.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create an absolute path to 'file.txt' inside 'downloads' folder.

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absolute_path = "/[1]" + [2] + "downloads" + [3] + "file.txt"

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Ahome

B/

Duser

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using backslash \\ instead of forward slash "/".

Missing separators between folder names.

The absolute path starts from root "/", then "home" folder, then separator "/", then "downloads", separator "/", and finally the file name.