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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 07:48:27 +1000
Subject: Re: Function for examine content of directory
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On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Tigerstyle <laddosingh@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to write a module containing a function to examine the contents of the current working directory and print out a count of how many files have each extension (".txt", ".doc", etc.)

If you haven't already, look into the Python 'dict' type; you may find
it easier to work with for this sort of job. You can map an extension
("txt") to its count (4) directly.

ChrisA