How to open my files in data_folder with pandas using relative path?

Question

I\'m working with pandas and need to read some csv files, the structure is something like this:

folder/folder2/scripts_folder/script.py

folder/fol

Answer 1

You can always point to your home directory using ~ then you can refer to your data folder.

import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv("~/mydata/data.csv")

For your case, it should be like this

import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv("~/folder/folder2/data_folder/data.csv")

You can also set your data directory as a prefix

import pandas as pd
DATA_DIR = "~/folder/folder2/data_folder/"
df = pd.read_csv(DATA_DIR+"data.csv")

You can take advantage of f-strings as @nikos-tavoularis said

import pandas as pd
DATA_DIR = "~/folder/folder2/data_folder/"
FILE_NAME = "data.csv"
df = pd.read_csv(f"{DATA_DIR}{FILE_NAME}")