royG wrote: > On Mar 10, 8:03 pm, Tim Chase wrote: > >> In Python2.5 (or 2.4 if you implement the any() function, ripped >> from the docs[1]), this could be rewritten to be a little more >> flexible...something like this (untested): >> > > that was quite a good lesson for a beginner like me.. > thanks guys > > in the version using glob() >> path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(folder, '*.txt')) >> lst = glob.glob(path) > > is it possible to check for more than one file extension? here i will > have to create two path variables like > path1 = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(folder, '*.txt')) > path2 = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(folder, '*.doc')) > > and then use glob separately..
Though it doesn't use glob, the 2nd solution I gave (the one that uses the any() function you quoted) should be able to handle an arbitrary number of extensions... -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list