Programmers can then navigate to that folder, save files to the folder or create other folders in that folder. The following example illustrates how to use the mkdir function in Python: ...

Simply create a new .py file in the same folder as your main Python code. Then “import” that file as you now know how to do, then access the functions from within that module.

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