There is a list of file names, like:
files = ["f1", "f2", "f3", "f4", "f1.txt", "f3.pdf"]
and I want to find those files that have a "txt" or "pdf" equivalent with the same name and remove them from the list. so the desired output is f2 f4 f1.txt f3.pdf
I tried this:
for f in files:
if f+".txt" not in files or f+".pdf" not in files:
print(f)
output: f1 f2 f3 f4 f1.txt f3.pdf which is wrong.
I also tried with parenthesizes around each condition and not f+".txt" in files but no luck.
By removing both or one of "not"s, the output is as expected:
for f in files:
if f+".txt" in files or f+".pdf" in files:
print(f)
output: f1 f3
To get the desired output, I can use a pass statement in if block and print(f) in an else block.
But the question is "why does not the first code work?" I searched a little bit before posting but they weren't exactly what I was looking for.
Try this code :
files = ["f1", "f2", "f3", "f4", "f1.txt", "f3.pdf"]
for f in files:
if f+".txt" not in files and f+".pdf" not in files:
print(f)