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MKJ
MKJ

Reputation: 509

Python OS mkdir (create folders with looping a list)

I am trying to create folders using os.mkdir with looping over a list for example i want 12 folders with names of months, January, February ...etc.

import os

months = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August",    "September", "October", "November", "December"]

for month in months:
    os.mkdir('D:\\Python_GIS')

with many lines like this i could create the folders i wanted

import os
os.mkdir('D:\\Python_GIS\\Jan')
os.mkdir('D:\\Python_GIS\\Feb')
os.mkdir('D:\\Python_GIS\\Mar')
os.mkdir('D:\\Python_GIS\\Apr')
os.mkdir('D:\\Python_GIS\\May')
os.mkdir('D:\\Python_GIS\\Jun')
os.mkdir('D:\\Python_GIS\\July')
os.mkdir('D:\\Python_GIS\\Aug')
os.mkdir('D:\\Python_GIS\\Sep')
os.mkdir('D:\\Python_GIS\\Oct')
os.mkdir('D:\\Python_GIS\\Nov')
os.mkdir('D:\\Python_GIS\\Dec')

But is there any way to do it with looping.

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3922

Answers (2)

Kasravnd
Kasravnd

Reputation: 107287

You can use format :

for month in months:
    os.mkdir('D:\\Python_GIS\\{}'.format(month))

Upvotes: 1

wnnmaw
wnnmaw

Reputation: 5514

This is a prime job for os.path.join() which joins its arguments by the system's separator. Its also a great way to cut down on \ related errors.

baseDir = "D:\\Python_GIS"

for month in months:
    os.makedir(os.path.join(baseDir,month))

Unrelated style note: Try setting your paths as raw strings which will ignore literals, so baseDir = r'D:\Python_GIS'

Upvotes: 7

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