how to define the location of a file that needs to be opened in python code example

Example 1: python how to open a file in a different directory in mac

import os
f = open (os.path.expanduser("~/Desktop/somedir/somefile.txt"))

Example 2: how to open folder in python

import webbrowser

path = "C:/Users/Username/PycharmProjects"
webbrowser.open(path) # Opens 'PycharmProjects' folder.