Find a number within a list of paths

Question

I am trying to create a file into the right directory based on a 4 digit int. Example: I'm creating an excel file and I want it to be placed into a folder that contains 1234 somewhere in the name like "Folder(1234)_do. I have the parent directory but it contains a large amount of subdirectories.

I imagine that I could use pathlib and regex maybe but can't really get it to work.

My code:

root_dir = '/Users/user/Desktop/Projects/'
path_list = []
for path in Path(root_dir).iterdir():
    if path.is_dir():
         path_list.append(path)
print(path_list)

i = str(2244)
result = any(i in string for string in str(path_list))

print(result)

I don't really know how I can search path objects and I'm not really sure where to start to solve this.

Any help or suggestions are highly appreciated

You can use os.walk from os module which can help you to navigate subdirectories also — Abhishek, Jun 23 '21 at 17:10
You want to find whether a directory name ends with a number? — , Jun 23 '21 at 17:10
@Sujay, I have a number and I know there is a sub directory that has the corresponding number somewhere in the name and I need to find the path for it. So, not ends but contain the number — G_olof, Jun 23 '21 at 17:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 23 '21 at 17:14

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The below should work and return folders that contains '2244'

from pathlib import Path

root_dir = '/Users/user/Desktop/Projects/'
i = str(2244)
path_list = [path for path in Path(root_dir).iterdir() if path.is_dir() and i in path]
print(path_list)

answered Jun 23 '21 at 17:14

balderman

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Thanks @balderman! Though, when I run your code I get: "TypeError: argument of type 'PosixPath' is not iterable" same as I did with mine – G_olof Jun 23 '21 at 17:51
Maybe I could use glob instead? – G_olof Jun 23 '21 at 17:58

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 23 '21 at 19:35

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I found what I was looking for, maybe someone else could gain as well.

import glob

i = 1234

path_found = glob.glob('/Users/user/Desktop/Projects/*{i}*'.format(i=i))

answered Jun 23 '21 at 19:35

G_olof

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Find a number within a list of paths

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