What purpose does the "path" variable serve in the below code?

import pandas $aspd$

path $=.\frac{.}{\frac{?}{?}}$dat$\frac{a}{s}$egments.$csv$

seg $=pd.rea{d}_{c}sv(path)$

the path variable creates a new dataframe called 'segments' which can now be popi with data

It creates a chart of data in the segments format

None

It provides a path to the data table called 'segments' that can be used later