[Tutor] scratching my head

[Clayton Kirkwood]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tutor [mailto:tutor-bounces+crk=godblessthe.us at python.org] On
> Behalf Of Cameron Simpson
> Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2015 3:35 PM
> To: tutor at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] scratching my head
> 
> On 02Aug2015 23:01, ALAN GAULD <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >On 02/08/15 22:44, Clayton Kirkwood wrote:
> >>for dir_path, directories, files in os.walk(main_dir):
> >>     for file in files:
> >>#        print( " file = ", file)
> >>#       if( ("(\.jpg|\.png|\.avi|\.mp4)$") not in file.lower() ):
> >
> >Python sees that as a single string. That string is not in your filename.
> >
> >>#        if(  (".jpg" or ".png" or ".avi" or ".mp4" )  not in
file.lower()
> [...]
> >But you could use a loop:
> >
> >found = False
> >for s in (".jpg",".png",".avi",".mp4"):
> >    found = test or (s in file.lower()) if not found: ...
> >
> >>         if(  ".jpg" not in file.lower() and
> >>              ".png" not in file.lower() and
> >>              ".avi" not in file.lower() and
> >>              ".mp4" not in file.lower() ):
> >
> >Whether that's any better than your combined test is a moot point.
> 
> Alan has commented extensively on the logic/implementation errors. I have
> a suggestion.
> 
> Personally I'd be reaching for os.path.splitext. Untested example below:
> 
>   from os.path import splitext
>   ....
>   for dir_path, directories, files in os.walk(main_dir):
>     for file in files:
>       prefix, ext = splitext(file)
>       if ext and ext[1:].lower() in ('jpg', 'png', 'avi', 'mp4'):
>         ....
> 
> which I think is much easier to read.
> 
> BTW, I'd be using the variable names "filename" and "filenames" instead of
> "file" and "files": in python 2 "file" is a builtin function (though long
> deprecated by "open()") and in any case I'd (personally) expect such a
name
> to be an _open_ file. As opposed to "filename", which is clearer.


Thanks, that should also help a lot. Now time to look at splitext, and the
ext and ext[1:. I appreciate your comments also about the variable names.
Any comments on the problems lower in the file?

Clayton


> 
> Cheers,
> Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au>
> 
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