CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python
user15256253
user15256253

Reputation:

What is / in python?

I'm wondering about / in python.

I know that it divides two integers, but I've seen something like this

'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3'

Upvotes: 2

Views: 332

Answers (2)

Mojtaba Arezoomand
Mojtaba Arezoomand

Reputation: 2380

BASE_DIR is pathlib.Path object which supports the / operator for joining paths. You need to either use / or use os.path.join if you use strings.

Upvotes: 0

Amadan
Amadan

Reputation: 198436

Python allows defining the behaviour of operators when applied to custom classes using specially named methods ("dunders", from "double-underline"), as described here. The / operator's behaviour can be defined by .__truediv__(self, other) method. It is almost certainly the case here that BASE_DIR is an instance of pathlib.Path, which defines / as semantically equivalent to os.path.join for strings. You can read more here.

Upvotes: 5

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