Trying to get an array of the names of all the pdf files in the current directory, so I wrote the below: files = cd(readdir, pwd()) for f in files if match(r"*.\.pdf", f) !== nothing # Or if occursin(r"*.\.pdf", f) == true println(f) end end But I got the below error: PCRE compila…

Glob.jl also supports regexes, as shown in the README as usage 3, so this, for example, should match the rather unlikely path “./name.pdf/name.pDf/name.PdF”: glob( ["name.pdf", r".*\.pdf"i, fn"*.pdf"i] )

That’s an invalid regexp, did you mean to write r".*\.pdf" instead?

[image] pfitzseb: r".*.pdf" Thanks, but it also returns files *.pdf.txt

Then use r".*\.pdf$" instead. Do read through a couple of regexp tutorials online though, this isn’t sepcific to Julia at all.

filter(x->endswith(x, ".pdf"), readdir())

What is x, it gaves: 0-element Array{String,1}

Sorry, had the order wrong (updated it). x->endswith(x, ".pdf") is an anonymous function and x is its input argument.

It is done, 10 out of 12 had been displayed, same using the Regex. Do you have an idea what could be the reason preventing 2 files from appearing Is x the iter of readdir()?

[image] hasanOryx: Do you have an idea what could be the reason preventing 2 files from appearing Hard to say without more information. What is the output of readdir()? [image] hasanOryx: Is x the iter of readdir() ? Yes. filter applies the function (first argument) to every element o…

[image] carstenbauer: What is the output of readdir() ? I’ve 12 files, but it reads 10 I’ve all the files here if you can help me understanding the issue. thanks [image]

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Oliver_Lylloff September 8, 2019, 10:09am 5

You could also use a filter, see for instance this post: addpath("C:\Users\") - #4 by StefanKarpinski

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