check current working directory in python using os code example

Example 1: get wd in python

import os

path = os.getcwd()

print(path)
# /Users/mbp/Documents/my-project/python-snippets/notebook

print(type(path))
# <class 'str'>

Example 2: get the previous working directory in python

path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
print(path)