Python folder names in the directory

Question

how can i get the folder names existing in a directory using Python ?

I want to save all the subfolders into a list to work with the names after that but i dont know

Answer 1

I use os.listdir

Get all folder names of a directory

folder_names = []
for entry_name in os.listdir(MYDIR):
    entry_path = os.path.join(MYDIR, entry_name)
    if os.path.isdir(entry_path):
        folder_names.append(entry_name)

Get all folder paths of a directory

folder_paths = []
for entry_name in os.listdir(MYDIR):
    entry_path = os.path.join(MYDIR, entry_name)
    if os.path.isdir(entry_path):
        folder_paths.append(entry_path)

Get all file names of a directory

file_names = []
for file_name in os.listdir(MYDIR):
    file_path = os.path.join(MYDIR, file_name)
    if os.path.isfile(file_path):
        file_names.append(file_name)

Get all file paths of a directory

file_paths = []
for file_name in os.listdir(MYDIR):
    file_path = os.path.join(MYDIR, file_name)
    if os.path.isfile(file_path):
        file_paths.append(file_path)