I have the following code f = open('01-01-2017.csv')
From f variable, I need to remove the ".csv" and set the remaining "01-01-2017" to a variable called "date". what is the best way to accomplish this
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1`date = os.path.splitext('01-01-2017.csv')[0]` should do it. – Jean-François Fabre Sep 27 '17 at 13:40
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you could use split `date='01-01-2017.csv'.split('.')[0]` – Macintosh_89 Sep 27 '17 at 13:43
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I need to reference the variable f in my code since the file name could be changed at any time. your solutions worked with date = '01-01-2017.csv' but do not seem to work with the variable f @Jean-FrançoisFabre – michaelg Sep 27 '17 at 13:45
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that's why your question should be more specific. Editing & Reopening – Jean-François Fabre Sep 27 '17 at 13:48
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just retrieve the name of the file using f.name and apply os.path.splitext, keep the left part:
import os
date = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(f.name))[0]
(I've used os.path.basename in case the file has an absolute path)
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