directory listing

[Shi Mu]

On 11/11/05, Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
> Shi Mu wrote:
>
> > I tried this and no error reported but nothing appear on the console, why?
> >
> > import os
> >
> > def buildList( directory='c:\TEMP' ):
> >     dirs = [ ]
> >     listing = os.listdir(directory)
> >     for x in listing:
> >         x = os.path.join(directory, x)
> >         print x
> >         if os.path.isdir(x):
> >             dirs.append(x)
> >     return dirs
>
> is that the entire script?  you're defining a function, but you're
> not calling it.  try adding
>
>    print buildList()
>
> at the end of the script.

It works but i am curious why the line of "print x" does not show
anything. many thanks!