file - Split filenames with python

Question

I have files that I want only 'foo' and 'bar' left from split.

dn = "C:\X\Data"

files

f=  C:\X\Data\foo.txt
f=  C:\X\Dats\bar.txt

I have tried f.split(".",1)[0]

I thought since dn and .txt are pre-defined I could subtract, nope. Split does not work for me.

Answer 1

How about using the proper path handling methods from os.path?

>>> f = 'C:\X\Data\foo.txt'
>>> import os
>>> os.path.basename(f)
'foo.txt'
>>> os.path.dirname(f)
'C:\X\Data'
>>> os.path.splitext(f)
('C:\X\Data\foo', '.txt')
>>> os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(f))
('foo', '.txt')