a simple 'for' question

[Rajanikanth Jammalamadaka]

Thanks for correcting my typo norseman.

Ben: I forgot a slash after the first string as norseman pointed out.

Raj

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 5:51 PM, norseman <norseman at hughes.net> wrote:
>
> Almost correct: There is a typo. Should read:
>
>  for x in folders:
>    open('my/path/way/'+x+'/myfile.txt','r')
>
>
>
>
> Rajanikanth Jammalamadaka wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Try this
>>
>> for x in folders:
>>   open('my/path/way'+x+'myfile.txt','r')
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Raj
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Ben Keshet <keshet1 at umbc.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi fans,
>>>
>>> I want to use a 'for' iteration to manipulate files in a set of folders,
>>> something like:
>>>
>>> folders= ['1A28','1A6W','56Y7']
>>> for x in folders:
>>>  print x     # print the current folder
>>>  f = open('my/path/way/x/my_file.txt', 'r')
>>>  ...
>>>
>>> where 'x' in the pathway should iterate over '1A28','1A6W','56Y7'.  How
>>> should I identify 'x' in the pathway line as the same x that is iterating
>>> over 'folders'?
>>>
>>> I am getting the following error:
>>>
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>  File
>>> "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py",
>>> line 310, in RunScript
>>>  exec codeObject in __main__.__dict__
>>>  File "C:\Linux\Dock_method_validation\myscripts\test_for.py", line 5, in
>>> <module>
>>>  f = open('c:/Linux/Dock_method_validation/x/receptor.mol2', 'r')
>>> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
>>> 'c:/Linux/Dock_method_validation/x/receptor.mol2'
>>>
>>> I tired several variations: %x, 'x', "x", etc. all gave me similar
>>> errors.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help,
>>> BK
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>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>



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