On Apr 27, 5:34 pm, wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i was trying to convert all images in a folder to another type and > save the new images in a separate folder.for that i wrote a class and > coded some part > > class ConvertImgs: > def __init__(self,infldr,outfldr): > if os.path.isdir(infldr): > self.infldr=infldr > self.outfldr=outfldr > else: > print "no such folder,exits program" > exit(1) > if not os.path.isdir(self.outfldr): > os.mkdir(self.outfldr) > print "made:",self.outfldr > > for x in os.listdir(infldr): > self.origlist=[os.path.normpath(os.path.join(self.infldr,x)) for x in > os.listdir(infldr)] > > ... > the self.origlist returns a list of filenames in infolder.I would > like to get them as 'C:\\myimages\\imageone' instead of 'C:\\myimages\ > \imageone.jpg' sothat i can add a diff extension to all those strings > in the list and save in diff format(ie change 'C:\\myimages\\imageone' > to 'C:\\myimages\\imageone.gif ' and save in gif format).but i don't > know how to remove those extension from the namestring ..can someone > help? > W
I don't know if this is the simplest way, but you can use re module. import re pat = re.compile(r'(.*?)\..*') name = pat.search('C:\\myimages\\imageone.jpg').group(1) print name -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list