I'm trying to set a variable to point to a file on the desktop that's generated and named containing today's date. But I'm getting the following error:
IndexError: Replacement index 1 out of range for positional args tuple
The file is to be attached to an Outlook email. I know pathlib requires an absolute path to be stated, but what if I'd like to use format() to make it point to a file whose name changes daily when it's generated?
This is an automation task, so it would be ideal if I could make the date reflect today's date without having to make changes to the code. Thanks in advance!
import win32com.client as client
import pathlib
import datetime
x = datetime.datetime.now()
image_path = pathlib.Path('C:/Users/username/Desktop/Folder {}/Filename {}.png'.format(x.strftime("%b %d")))
If you use empty {} as placeholders, it is expected that each has to be replaced by a different value, so you'll need to provide as many replacements in format.
If you want to use the same value twice, you can number them so that both use the argument to format with index 0:
import pathlib
import datetime
x = datetime.datetime.now()
image_path = pathlib.Path('C:/Users/username/Desktop/Folder {0}/Filename {0}.png'.format(x.strftime("%b %d")))
print(image_path)
# C:/Users/username/Desktop/Folder Aug 08/Filename Aug 08.png