python - 'str' object is not callable for os.path.sep()

Question

import os

def ls_component(path):
    ls = os.path.sep(path)
    print(ls)
    return ls

ls_component('D:SDPspeaker-identification-masterdataeval')

This is the code I'm trying to implement but Im getting the error as

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "C:Usershp.spyder-py3emp.py", line 14, in <module>
    ls_component('D:SDPspeaker-identification-masterdataeval')

  File "C:Usershp.spyder-py3emp.py", line 10, in ls_component
    ls = os.path.sep(path)

TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

Help help me

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65948446/str-object-is-not-callable-for-os-path-sep

Answer 1

os.path.sep is a string constant not a function. It returns the path separator (eg. ) used by the underlying OS. So doing os.path.sep() is like doing ""() which is why you get the error that str is not callable

If you want to split the path into its components use os.path.split()