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Python Python for File Systems Manipulation Daily Backup

ben lewin
ben lewin
11,495 Points
Posted by ben lewin
ben lewin
11,495 Points

What is wrong with the following?

I'm not getting the right response for a year-month-date output, any possible solutions?

Many thanks,

backup.py 
import os
import re

def create_daily_dir(adate):
    year = re.search(r'\d{4}', adate)
    month_date = re.search(r'\d{2}-\d{2}', adate)
    new_date = year[0] + "-" + month_date[0]
    os.makedirs(os.path.join("financial", new_date), exist_ok=True)

1 Answer

ursaminor
ursaminor
11,271 Points
ursaminor
ursaminor
11,271 Points

Your code doesn't work when you pass in a date with year first ('2018-11-18') because the month_date will be '18-11', the first occurrence of 2 digits followed by a hyphen and 2 digits. Try using string slice syntax instead of regex; it will be easier. (The challenge doesn't import re so it means you can do it without using regex.)