Re: 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@hughe s.netwrote:

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Almost correct: There is a typo. Should read:
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for x in folders:
open('my/path/way/'+x+'/myfile.txt','r' )
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Rajanikanth Jammalamadaka wrote:

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>Hi!
>>
>Try this
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>for x in folders:
> open('my/path/way'+x+'myfile. txt','r')
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>Cheers,
>>
>Raj
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>On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Ben Keshet <keshet1@umbc.e duwrote:

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>>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\python win\pywin\frame work\scriptutil s.py",
>>line 310, in RunScript
>> exec codeObject in __main__.__dict __
>> File "C:\Linux\Dock_ method_validati on\myscripts\te st_for.py", line 5, in
>><module>
>> f = open('c:/Linux/Dock_method_val idation/x/receptor.mol2', 'r')
>>IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
>>'c:/Linux/Dock_method_val idation/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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>>http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>>>

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