# Python syntax to use File.separator
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-syntax-to-use-file-separator/19378
**Category:** Processing.py
**Created:** [April 4, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-syntax-to-use-file-separator/19378 "2020-04-04T03:49:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@cupofcalculus](https://discourse.processing.org/u/cupofcalculus)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-syntax-to-use-file-separator/19378/1 "2020-04-04T03:49:24Z")
My instructor uses the Java syntax in Processing, and I’m trying to convert it to Python. The relevant part of his code is:
```auto
//Global variables
String fname4 = "gumballs.jpg";
String loadName = fname4;
int ncolors = 8;
//Inside the setup function
String fileName = loadName;
int nc = ncolors;
String paletteName = "palettes" + File.separator + fileName.substring(0, fileName.length()-4) +
"_" + str(nc) + ".bmp";
readPalette(paletteName, colorTable);
```
Python throws an error saying:
```auto
NameError: global name 'File' is not defined
```
Is there something wrong with the code, or is there a Python alteration needed?
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### Author:  [@SomeOne](https://discourse.processing.org/u/SomeOne)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-syntax-to-use-file-separator/19378/2 "2020-04-04T04:05:36Z")
`File.separator` is a java feature and it doesn’t exist in Python. Here’s one link to file separator in Python [https://kite.com/python/examples/1093/os-get-the-path-separator-for-the-system](https://kite.com/python/examples/1093/os-get-the-path-separator-for-the-system).
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-syntax-to-use-file-separator/19378/3 "2020-04-04T04:12:40Z")
[Docs.Oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/io/File.html](http://Docs.Oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/io/File.html)
`from java.io import File`