Python code 2. Define a function list_directory that takes in a directory name (

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2. Define a function list_directory that takes in a directory name (as a string) as the argument. Your function will change directories to the directory name given and return a list of its contents. You may assume that the directory exists and is ocatedinaidethe tolder trom which you sre curenty working How to test: # call inside main() function print Testing list_directoryl'csc111) print 'Expected:['lab1', 'lab2', "lab3', 'lab4, "lab5', "lab6', "lab7, print Actual:', list_directory csc111)

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import os
def list_directory(dirname):
   dlist=[] #list of contents
   #change directory
   os.chdir(dirname)
   #add contents to list
   details=os.listdir('.')
   for content in details:
       dlist.append(content)
   return dlist
if __name__=="__main__":
   print "Testing list_directory('csc111')"
   print "Expected: ['lab1', 'lab2', 'lab3', 'lab4', 'lab5', 'lab6', 'lab7', 'lab8', 'lab9']"
   print "Actutal:" ,list_directory('csc111')

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