File path handling in Python - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to join folder and filename into a full path using pathlib.

Python

from pathlib import Path
folder = Path('documents')
filename = 'file.txt'
full_path = folder[1]filename
print(full_path)

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A+

B\

C/

D.

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '+' to join paths instead of '/'

Using string concatenation instead of pathlib methods

Using the '/' operator with Path objects joins paths correctly.

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medium

Complete the code to get the file extension from a path using pathlib.

Python

from pathlib import Path
file_path = Path('archive.zip')
extension = file_path[1]
print(extension)

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A.suffix

B.ext

C.extension

D.name

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '.ext' which does not exist

Using '.name' which returns the filename

The '.suffix' property returns the file extension including the dot.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to check if a path is a directory using pathlib.

Python

from pathlib import Path
path = Path('/usr/bin')
if path[1]():
    print('It is a directory')

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A.is_file

B.is_dir

C.is_directory

D.exists

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '.is_directory()' which does not exist

Using '.exists()' which only checks if path exists

The correct method to check if a path is a directory is '.is_dir()'.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a dictionary with filenames as keys and their sizes as values.

Python

from pathlib import Path
files = [Path('a.txt'), Path('b.txt'), Path('c.txt')]
sizes = { [1]: file.stat().st_size for file in files if file[2]() }
print(sizes)

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Afile.name

B.is_file

C.is_dir

Dfile.path

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '.is_dir()' instead of '.is_file()'

Using 'file.path' which is not a valid attribute

Use 'file.name' for the filename key and '.is_file()' to filter files.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a dictionary with uppercase filenames as keys, file sizes as values, filtering files larger than 1000 bytes.

Python

from pathlib import Path
files = [Path('x.log'), Path('y.log'), Path('z.log')]
result = { [1]: [2] for f in files if f.is_file() and f.stat().st_size [3] 1000 }
print(result)

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Af.name.upper()

Bf.stat().st_size

C>

D<=

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '<=' instead of '>' for filtering

Using 'f.name' without uppercasing

Use 'f.name.upper()' for uppercase keys, 'f.stat().st_size' for values, and '>' to filter sizes.