commonprefix

Python 3.11

Return the longest string prefix (taken character-by-character) that is a prefix of all strings in list. If list is empty, return the empty string ('').

Syntax

PYTHON

os.path.commonprefix(list)

Examples

Example 1

PYTHON

>>> os.path.commonprefix(['/usr/lib', '/usr/local/lib'])
'/usr/l'

>>> os.path.commonpath(['/usr/lib', '/usr/local/lib'])
'/usr'

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