newb: Join two string variables

[Robert Bauck Hamar]

johnny wrote:

Please don't top post. Arrange your answer so that your comments follow what
you comment.

> In my code, I have the following:
> 
> p = posixpath.basename(e).strip

make this:
p = posixpath.basename(e).strip()

> filename = download_dir+p
> 
> I am getting the following error:
> 
>  filename = download_dir+p
> TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'builtin_function_or_method'
> objects
> 

Which is correct. Because you forgot to _call_ strip, you just stored (a
reference to) strip itself in p, and not its return value.

(rest of message deleted, because I don't comment on it.)

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