Python: Extract folder name from path

Question

I have a path as a string in python:

path = "/folder_a/folder_b/folder_c/folder_d"

How can I extract the name of the last folder ("folder_d") from the path?

Answer 1

You can use os.path.basename:

>>> path = "/folder_a/folder_b/folder_c/folder_d"
>>> import os
>>> os.path.basename(path)
'folder_d'

Answer 2

Maybe you could try this:

y=path.split('/')
last_folder=y[-1]

Which is the last item in the list