Searching Strings for Specific Endings/Beginnings

Searching Strings for Specific Endings/Beginnings if f.endswith('.py'): print "Python file: " + f elif f.endswith('.txt'): print "Text file: " + f The endswith(suffix, [, start, [,end]]) and startswith(prefix, [, start, [,end]]) methods provide a simple and safe way to determine whether a string begins or ends with a specific prefix or suffix, respectively. The first argument is a string used to compare to the prefix or suffix of the string. The endswith and startswith methods are dynamic enough for you to limit the search to within a specific range of the string using the start and/or end arguments. Note The endswith and startswith methods are extremely useful when parsing file lists for extensions or filenames. import os for f in os.listdir('C:\\txtfiles'): if f.endswith('.py'): print "Python file: " + f elif f.endswith('.txt'): print "Text file: " + f end_str.py Python file: comp_str.py Python file: end_str.py Python file: eval_str.py Python file: join_str.py Text file: output.txt Python file: replace_str.py Python file: search_str.py Python file: split_str.py Python file: trim_str.py Python file: unicode_str.py Python file: var_str.py Output from end_str.py code