How to evaluate environment variables into a string in Python?

Question

I have a string representing a path. Because this application is used on Windows, OSX and Linux, we\'ve defined environment variables to properly map volumes from the diffe

Answer 1

Use os.path.expandvars to expand the environment variables in the string, for example:

>>> os.path.expandvars('$C/test/testing')
'/stackoverflow/test/testing'