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authorJake Stockwin <jake.stockwin@optimorlabs.com>2021-08-02 17:01:53 (GMT)
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bpo-35183: Add typical examples to os.path.splitext docs (GH-27286)
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@@ -470,12 +470,16 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
On Windows, splits a pathname into drive/UNC sharepoint and relative path.
If the path contains a drive letter, drive will contain everything
- up to and including the colon.
- e.g. ``splitdrive("c:/dir")`` returns ``("c:", "/dir")``
+ up to and including the colon::
+
+ >>> splitdrive("c:/dir")
+ ("c:", "/dir")
If the path contains a UNC path, drive will contain the host name
- and share, up to but not including the fourth separator.
- e.g. ``splitdrive("//host/computer/dir")`` returns ``("//host/computer", "/dir")``
+ and share, up to but not including the fourth separator::
+
+ >>> splitdrive("//host/computer/dir")
+ ("//host/computer", "/dir")
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
@@ -484,9 +488,24 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
.. function:: splitext(path)
Split the pathname *path* into a pair ``(root, ext)`` such that ``root + ext ==
- path``, and *ext* is empty or begins with a period and contains at most one
- period. Leading periods on the basename are ignored; ``splitext('.cshrc')``
- returns ``('.cshrc', '')``.
+ path``, and the extension, *ext*, is empty or begins with a period and contains at
+ most one period.
+
+ If the path contains no extension, *ext* will be ``''``::
+
+ >>> splitext('bar')
+ ('bar', '')
+
+ If the path contains an extension, then *ext* will be set to this extension,
+ including the leading period. Note that previous periods will be ignored::
+
+ >>> splitext('foo.bar.exe')
+ ('foo.bar', '.exe')
+
+ Leading periods on the basename are ignored::
+
+ >>> splitext('.cshrc')
+ ('.cshrc', '')
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.