Creating 100+ folders and naming them sequentially [closed]

Answer 1

First of all, for this kind of task there is no neccessity to use temporary variable. Use may and should use variable which iterates over range.

Secondly, range creates range from 0 by default, so you may drop the left interval boundary. For your specific task, the best way is to iterate over required interval: from 16 to 160.

Thirdly, in Windows it is better to use raw-string to store path or mask every backslash, because single backslash is recognized as start of meta-symbol.

And the latest thing, it is recommended to use format while joining strings.

So, the final solution may look like this:

import os
base_path = "C:\\Users\\joshuarb\\Desktop\\Organized_Images\\"
dir_basename = "IMG_00"
for index in range(16, 161):
    os.makedirs("{}{}{}".format(base_path, dir_basename, index))

Answer 2

It is easier and more readable to use the direct numbers (note that you want to use 161 in the range() call, since the last number is not included):

import os

for count in range (16, 161):
    os.makedirs("C:\\Users\joshuarb\Desktop\Organized_Images\IMG_{:04d}".format(count))

Also notice that I used a zero-padding with width 4, since your naming convention differs for IMG_0016 and IMG_00160 so I chose to limit to DOS' usual 8-character. Adjust according to your needs.

Answer 3

You are redeclaring count = 0016 every loop iteration. Put this outside the loop.

import os

count = 0016

for folders in range (0, 143):

    os.makedirs("C:\\Users\joshuarb\Desktop\Organized_Images
    IMG"+count)

    count = count+1

Answer 4

Stop manually keeping track of count and use the results of range:

first_num = 16
folder_count = 143
base_path = r"C:\Users\joshuarb\Desktop\Organized_Images"

for folder_num in range(first_num, first_num + folder_count):
    os.makedirs(os.path.join(base_path, "IMG"+str(folder_num).zfill(4)))

Answer 5

import os

for folders in range(1,5):

    os.makedirs(os.getcwd()+'/folder00'+ str(folders))

use os.getcwd() if the target at same directory else give some path