path to a file in python code example

Example 1: python open file relative to module

import os

TEST_FILENAME = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'test.txt')

Example 2: windows how to store filepath as variabley python

from pathlib import Path

docs_folder = Path("some_folder/some_folder/")
text_file = docs_folder / "some_file.txt"
f = open(text_file)

#note must use forward slashes as pathlib will convert these to \\ for windows