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7,959 Pointscan't get past the backup.py challenge. directories not being created in workspace, but works on my pc
I'm using the following code, but can't see where I'm going wrong. Any suggestions would be welcome. TIA.
import os
def create_daily_dir(inp_dateString):
# let's check the string format
dir_string = inp_dateString
if dir_string[2] == "-":
dir_string = inp_dateString[-4:] + "-" + inp_dateString[:2] + "-" + inp_dateString[3:5]
# with the correct directory name in place, let's create it.
os.makedirs( os.path.join("financial", dir_string), exist_ok=True)
create_daily_dir("04-22-2017")
import os
def create_daily_dir(inp_dateString):
# let's check the string format
dir_string = inp_dateString
if dir_string[2] == "-":
dir_string = inp_dateString[-4:] + "-" + inp_dateString[:2] + "-" + inp_dateString[3:5]
# with the correct directory name in place, let's create it.
os.makedirs( os.path.join("financial", dir_string), exist_ok=True)
create_daily_dir("04-22-2017")
2 Answers
Josh Keenan
20,315 PointsHere's the answer:
def create_daily_dir(inp_dateString):
# let's check the string format
dir_string = inp_dateString
if dir_string[2] == "-":
dir_string = inp_dateString[-4:] + "-" + inp_dateString[:2] + "-" + inp_dateString[3:5]
# with the correct directory name in place, let's create it.
os.makedirs( os.path.join("financial", dir_string), exist_ok=True)
Your function works, just need to remove the call at the bottom... xD
james malloy
7,959 Pointsouch - that's very, very frustrating. Thanks for spotting the issue. Regards, Jim
Josh Keenan
20,315 PointsHappy to help