Source code for dnppy.core.create_outname

__author__ = 'jwely'

import os


[docs]def create_outname(outdir, inname, suffix, ext = False): """ Quick way to create unique output file names within iterative functions This function is built to simplify the creation of output file names. Function allows ``outdir = False`` and will create an outname in the same directory as inname. Function will add a the user input suffix, separated by an underscore "_" to generate an output name. this is useful when performing a small modification to a file and saving new output with a new suffix. Function merely returns an output name, it does not save the file as that name. :param outdir: either the directory of the desired outname or False to create an outname in the same directory as the inname :param inname: the input file from which to generate the output name "outname" :param suffix: suffix to attach to the end of the filename to mark it as output :param ext: specify the file extension of the output filename. Leave blank or False and the outname will inherit the same extension as inname. :return outname: the full filepath at which a new file can be created. """ # isolate the filename from its directory and extension if os.path.isfile(inname): head, tail = os.path.split(inname) noext = tail.split('.')[:-1] noext = '.'.join(noext) else: head = "" tail = inname if "." in inname: noext = tail.split('.')[:-1] noext = '.'.join(noext) else: noext = inname # create the suffix if ext: suffix = "_{0}.{1}".format(suffix, ext) else: ext = tail.split('.')[-1:] suffix = "_{0}.{1}".format(suffix, ''.join(ext)) if outdir: outname = os.path.join(outdir, noext + suffix) return outname else: outname = os.path.join(head, noext + suffix) return outname