I think you want do this:
>>> files = ['file1.hdf', 'file2.hdf', 'file3.hdf5','file4.hdf']
>>> print(''.join(x for x in files if x.endswith('5')))
file3.hdf5
>>>
But if you need to use it later:
>>> file_hdf5 = [x for x in files if x.endswith('5')]
>>> file_hdf5
['file3.hdf5']
>>>
2011/3/4 Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
> On 2011-03-04, Matt Funk <maf...@nmsu.edu> wrote:
> > Hi Grant,
> > first of all sorry for the many typos in my previous email.
> >
> > To clarify, I have a python list full of file names called 'files'.
> > Every single filename has extension='.hdf' except for one file which has
> > an '.hdf5' extension. When i do (and yes, this is pasted):
> > for filename in files:
> > if (any(filename.endswith(x) for x in extensions)):
> > print filename
>
> I was unable to run that code:
>
> $ cat testit.py
>
> for filename in files:
> if (any(filename.endswith(x) for x in extensions)):
> print filename
>
> $ python testit.py
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "testit.py", line 1, in <module>
> for filename in files:
> NameError: name 'files' is not defined
>
> > However, it will print all the files in list 'files' (that is all
> > files with file extension '.hdf'). My question is why it doesn't just
> > print the filename with extensions '.hdf5'?
>
> Dunno. You didn't provide enough information for us to answer your
> question: the code you posted won't run and don't tell us what values
> you're using for any of the variables.
>
> Here's a piece of runnable code that I think does what you want:
>
> $ cat testit.py
> files = ["foo.bar", "foo.baz", "foo.bax"]
> extensions = [".baz",".spam",".eggs"]
>
> for filename in files:
> if (any(filename.endswith(x) for x in extensions)):
> print filename
>
> $ python testit.py
> foo.baz
>
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