rmac wrote:
the following code attempts to extract a symbol name from a string:
extensionStart = int(filename.rfind('.'))
filenameStart = int(filename.rfind('/'))
#print 'Extension Start - ' + str(extensionStart)
#print 'FileName Start - ' + str(filenameStart)
currentSymbol=filename[int(filenameStart),int(extensionStart)]
Uncommenting the print statements clearly show the values to be
integers (and without the str casts actually provide int+string
errors)
However, executing this code results in...
opening - /Users/rmac/Documents/Sandbox/data/MarketData/AA.csv
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "rHistFileToDB_Equities.py", line 25, in <module>
currentSymbol=filename[int(filenameStart),int(extensionStart)]
TypeError: string indices must be integers
You are using , inside filename[]. The splicing syntax is start:end, not
start,end.
You are better off with using the appropriate APIs from the os.path module.
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-os.path.html
import os.path
filename = os.path.basename(path)
prefix, extension = os.path.splitext(filename)
Christian
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