Reputation: 13
I am trying to make a script that is making a main folder with sub folders. I am working on how to do it, this is how far i have managed to come. I have just started to learn python.
My idea is: Making a folder named Somthing, with subfolders named somthingelse1,somthingelse2,somthingelse3.
Here is my code:
name_folder = input('Folder name:')
fil = int(input("How many folders:"))
start = 1
import os
def createFolder(directory):
try:
if not os.path.exists(directory):
os.makedirs(directory)
except OSError:
print ('Error: Creating directory. ' + directory)
while start <= fil:
print ("making folder")
createFolder('./%s/'+ str(start)(name_folder))
start = start + 1
And here is my output:
Folder name:test
How many folders:10
making folder
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ".\folder.py", line 16, in <module>
createFolder('./%s/'+ str(start)(name_folder))
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
Some help or poiners would help me thx.
Upvotes: 0
Views: 60
Reputation: 3107
I think you want to write so:
createFolder('./%s/'%name_folder + str(start)) # but this is not recommended
You should do:
createFolder('./{}/{}'.format(name_folder, start))
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 192043
It appears you're wanting to do this
createFolder('./{}/somethingelse{}/'.format(namefolder, start))
Upvotes: 1