Any idea?

Question

Task 1:
Write a function that receives two portions of a path and joins them.
The portions will be joined with the "/"separator.
There could be only one separator and if it is not present it should be added.

Examples
joinPath("portion1", "portion2") ➞ "portion1/portion2"
joinPath("portion1/", "portion2") ➞ "portion1/portion2"
joinPath("portion1", "/portion2") ➞ "portion1/portion2"
joinPath("portion1/", "/portion2") ➞ "portion1/portion2"
Bonus
Try not to solve this challenge using only if-else conditions.

Answer 1

Arsen Lufo ,

when getting the strings in your function, you could use the string method replace(), so you are able to "remove" the existing separators. replace them with an empty string: "".
after that you can concatenate the portion1 + separator + portion2.

for the bonus (only if - else allowed) you can use an other string fuctions:
startswith() or endswith() methods allow you to detect if and where the existing separators are located.
then use a slice to get string information and concatenate the new string

happy coding and good success!

Answer 2

Maybe try to strip the separator from portion1 and portion2 (regardless if it is present at all) and then join the stripped strings with the separator?

Answer 3

What output was expected for

joinPath( "home/docs/", "public.txt" )

Or

joinPath( "/home/docs/", "private/secrets.txt" )

What happens when either path contain space?