---
title: path.Split
description: Split path immediately following the final slash.
categories: [functions]
menu:
  docs:
    parent: functions
keywords: [path, split]
signature: ["path.Split PATH"]
relatedfuncs: [path.Base, path.BaseName, path.Clean, path.Dir, path.Ext, path.Join]
---

`path.Split` splits `PATH` immediately following the final slash, separating it into a directory and a base component.

The returned values have the property that `PATH` = `DIR`+`BASE`.
If there is no slash in `PATH`, it returns an empty directory and the base is set to `PATH`.

**Note:** On Windows, `PATH` is converted to slash (`/`) separators.

```go-html-template
{{ $dirFile := path.Split "a/news.html" }} → $dirFile.Dir → "a/", $dirFile.File → "news.html"
{{ $dirFile := path.Split "news.html" }} → $dirFile.Dir → "", $dirFile.File → "news.html"
{{ $dirFile := path.Split "a/b/c" }} → $dirFile.Dir → "a/b/", $dirFile.File →  "c"
```