Let me know if this should be on the general python list.
I'm playing with some python to iterate over a directory structure. Part
of the directory structure should be ignored, and will have a period (.)
as the first character of the directory name.
My solution was to use the following code.
#v+
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(data_dir()):
for n in xrange(len(dirs) - 1, -1, -1):
if dirs[n].startswith(u'.'):
del dirs[n]
#v-
This works. But I'm wondering whether there is a simpler solution (rather
than walking the index backwards through the list) to removing items from
a list without replacing the list? Specifically, I'm looking for
something that would be similar to the concept, "Remove every list item
that starts with X."
Regards,
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David J. Weller-Fahy (please don't CC me)
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