Glob returning an empty list when passed a variable

[Steve Holden]

Neil Webster wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering whether anybody could help me out.
> 
> I have a program, for part of it I am trying to pass a variable to a
> glob function, this returns an empty list.  The strange thing is when
> I hard code in the variable the glob section works.
> 
> Does anybody have any ideas as why it is not working?
> 
> The section of code that is not working is:
> 
> # The variable to be passed to the glob function
> area_name_string = '"*% s*"' % (Area_name)
> 
> os.chdir(Input)
> 
> filename = glob.glob(area_name_string)
> 
> Thanks in advance

Because you are trying to match filenames that have a double-quote 
character at the start and end? Try

area_name_string = '*% s*' % (Area_name)

Interesting, I never realised until now that you can have spaces between 
the percent sign and th format effector.

regards
  Steve
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