# 9. Directory class

## Introduction

This class is able to look for directories content. A directory object has the following attributes and methods:

## Constructor

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</td><td class="confluenceTd">file: string

</td><td class="confluenceTd">Creates a directory object bound to the specified path.

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</div>## Methods

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</td><td class="confluenceTd">returns int

</td><td class="confluenceTd">Indicates the number of files in the directory.

</td></tr><tr><td class="confluenceTd">item

</td><td class="confluenceTd">return string

</td><td class="confluenceTd">Specifies the name of the file content.

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