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André Martins wrote: > >> I know I can use a variable in regular expressions. I want to use a >> regex to find something based on the beginning of the string. I am >> using yesterday's date to find all of my data from yesterday. >> Yesterday's date is 20070731, and assigned to the variable >> "yesterday_date". I want to loop thru a directory and find all of the >> yesterday's data ONLY IF the feature class has the date at the >> BEGINNING of the filename. > > If i understood, you have directores with files named 20070731, 20070722 ... > > So, what about: > > import os > yesterday_date = '20070731' > list = os.listdir (dir) > for x in [x for x in list if x.startswith( yesterday_date ) ]: > print x > > > Is not a option? > If it works it's an option! Regular expressions should usually be a last resort, and the solution above seems perfectly acceptable to me. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden --------------- Asciimercial ------------------ Get on the web: Blog, lens and tag the Internet Many services currently offer free registration ----------- Thank You for Reading ------------- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
