On Dec 6, 9:41 am, Gregory Plantaine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That worked perfectly! > > Thanks Tim! > > Since we can print the files, does that mean the list of files is in a > tuple, or something? Would there be a way to further split up the > file names? > > For example, now that the files are processed into the list, we want > to look through that list to find different filetypes. > > files > > C:\Folder\File_200812051439.111 > C:\Folder\File_200812051539.222
*DANGER* It looks like you are interested in the timestamps that are embedded in the names of the files. Tim's code assumes [reasonably given that your problem description was ambiguous and had no examples of good and bad results] that you are interested in the last modification time of the file. You may say "same thing". Yes, same thing, until somebody sucks a file into a text editor, messes with it, and saves it again. No, Murphy's Law has not been repealed. > > Can we split up .111 files? > > Actually, where would I look something like this up? In the Library Reference Manual ... there are all sorts of goodies in the os and os.path modules e.g. like those used by Tim; make sure you read the docs on the methods Tim used so that you understand what's happening. HTH, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list