count files in a directory

[rbt]

James Stroud wrote:
> Come to think of it
> 
> file_count = len(os.walk(valid_path)[2])

I get this traceback:

PythonWin 2.4 (#60, Nov 30 2004, 09:34:21) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32.
Portions Copyright 1994-2004 Mark Hammond (mhammond at skippinet.com.au) - see 
'Help/About PythonWin' for further copyright information.
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "C:\Program 
Files\Python24\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py", line 310, 
in RunScript
     exec codeObject in __main__.__dict__
   File "C:\Documents and Settings\rbt\Desktop\newa\replicate.py", line 57, in ?
     A = count_em(X)
   File "C:\Documents and Settings\rbt\Desktop\newa\replicate.py", line 51, in count_em
     count = len(os.walk(valid_path)[2])
TypeError: unsubscriptable object