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asma Feriel
asma Feriel

Reputation: 21

why is the if statement ignored python

I am comparing filenames in a directory with a list of filenames I generated from an excel specific sheet then moving the files with matching filenames to a new folder called 'moved_files'.Why is my if statement ignored and no files are moved when the code runs and prints "done" at the end?

I have used print statements before the last if statement to see the pdb_filename and filename_gen and some of the filename_gen do match with pdb_filename. The print statement doesn't print although there are files with .pdb at the end in the directory.

Here is the code 

for filename_gen in list_filename_gen:
    for pdb_filename in os.listdir(directory):
        if pdb_filename.endswith(".pdb"):
            print(pdb_filename)
            if print filename_gen ==print pdb_filename :
                shutil.move(os.path.join(directory, pdb_filename),'/Users/fififoufa/Desktop/files_moved/%s' % (pdb_filename))
print("done")

I expect to see files moved when the names exactly match e.g files\xTMEM16A_dimer_OPM_PI4P\500_4.pdb and files\xTMEM16A_dimer_OPM_PI4P\500_4.pdb

Upvotes: 0

Views: 52

Answers (1)

Mohammed Yahya
Mohammed Yahya

Reputation: 9

You're not exactly comparing the two file names, you're instead comparing two print calls which would return True. if filename_gen == pdb_filename:

Upvotes: 1

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