On 02/08/15 22:44, Clayton Kirkwood wrote:
for dir_path, directories, files in os.walk(main_dir):
for file in files:
# print( " file = ", file)
# if( ("(\.jpg|\.png|\.avi|\.mp4)$") not in file.lower() ):
Python sees that as a single string. That string is not in your filename.
# if( (".jpg" or ".png" or ".avi" or ".mp4" ) not in file.lower()
Python sees that as a boolean expression so will try to
work it out as a True/False value. Since a non empty
string is considered True and the first True expression
makes an OR opeation True overall it returns ".jpg" and
tests if it is not in the filename.
#except by the drudgery below. I should be able to just have a list, maybe
from a file, that lists all
You might think so but that's not how 'in' works.
But you could use a loop:
found = False
for s in (".jpg",".png",".avi",".mp4"):
found = test or (s in file.lower())
if not found: ...
if( ".jpg" not in file.lower() and
".png" not in file.lower() and
".avi" not in file.lower() and
".mp4" not in file.lower() ):
Whether that's any better than your combined test is a moot point.
HTH
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