On 19/01/17 21:29, ad^2 wrote: > I'm looking for a cleaner more elegant way to achieve stripping out a file > name from a list which contains a path and file extension. > > Ex. > > my_list = ['/var/tmp/02_80_5306_4444_2017_01_19_08-36-57_4918_0.zip', > '/var/tmp/02_80_5309_4444_2017_01_19_08-40-30_4205_0.zip',
Take a look at the os.path module. It has lots of utility functions for splitting paths into their various bits and as a bonus it caters for all the different OS path formats too. Its likely to be both easier to use and more reliable than trying to use string functions on the path. In your case os.path.basename() is likely to be the best option. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
