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What is Relative path?

In Apex Flow Academy, "Relative path" means: A path measured from the folder you are in when you run the script. It is taught in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work and HTML and CSS: Build and Launch Your First Website. Related terms include Path, Regular expression (regex), dry run and Fingerprint (hash).

  • 2 courses teach it
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The facts

What is Relative path?

A path measured from the folder you are in when you run the script. (From Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work. 1 other course defines it for their own subject, so each definition follows.)

What does Relative path mean in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work?

A path measured from the folder you are in when you run the script.

What does Relative path mean in HTML and CSS: Build and Launch Your First Website?

An address counted from the current page, such as services.html or images/photo.jpg.

Where is Relative path taught?

Relative path is defined in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work and HTML and CSS: Build and Launch Your First Website.

Which lessons cover Relative path?

These lessons name it in their title or objectives:

  • HTML and CSS: Build and Launch Your First Website, lesson 2.1: Links: connect your pages and reach the world
Which terms are related to Relative path?

Next to Relative path in the course glossaries: Path, Regular expression (regex), dry run, Fingerprint (hash), Sandbox, CSV, Pinning a version, Decimal, Attribute and Absolute URL.

The hard questions, answered straight

Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.

Do I need experience before I learn Relative path?

It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:

  • Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work: Basic Python: variables, if statements, for loops, lists, dictionaries, f-strings and small functions. Lesson 3 of module 1 has a five-minute check.
  • HTML and CSS: Build and Launch Your First Website: No coding experience is needed.

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