Splitting Windows Path with Python

path = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"

res = path.split('\\')

print(res)

This Python code creates a string variable called "path" which contains the path to the Chrome application executable file on a Windows operating system. The backslashes used in the path are escape characters and need to be written as double backslashes to be properly recognized as part of the string.

The next line of code splits the path string into a list of strings based on the backslash separator using the split() method. The resulting list is assigned to a variable called "res".

Finally, the contents of the "res" list are printed to the console. This will output a list of strings, where each string is a portion of the original path string that was separated by the backslashes. The resulting list will contain the following strings: ['C:', 'Program Files (x86)', 'Google', 'Chrome', 'Application', 'chrome.exe']. 

Variant with a for loop

path = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"

res = path.split('\\')

for x in res:
    print(x)

Variant with export to external txt file

path = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"

res = path.split('\\')

file = open('external.txt', 'w')

for x in res:
    file.write(x + '\n')

file.close()

This Python script takes a file path, splits it using the backslash character ('') as a separator, and writes each element of the resulting list to a new line in a text file named 'external.txt'.

Here's a detailed explanation of each line:

1. path = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" assigns a file path to the variable 'path'. This is a Windows path that points to the Google Chrome application executable.

2. res = path.split('\\') splits the path string into a list of strings, using the backslash character as a separator. The resulting list is assigned to the variable 'res'.

3. file = open('external.txt', 'w') creates a new text file named 'external.txt' in write mode and assigns it to the variable 'file'.

4. for x in res: starts a loop that iterates through each element of the 'res' list, assigning each element to the variable 'x' in turn.

5. file.write(x + '\n') writes the value of 'x' to the 'file' object, followed by a newline character ('\n') to create a new line in the text file.

6. file.close() closes the 'file' object and saves the changes made to the text file.

In summary, this Python script extracts the components of a file path and writes them to a new text file, with each component on a new line. This can be useful for parsing file paths and extracting specific information from them.