Python - passing string and specific lists, combined into function

Question

i want to pass string (dirPath + dirName[x]) to a function

i already tried 3 times to combining string and a specific list (only dirName[x])

it seems that python just rejecting it anyway even if i already convert it to another type.

is anyone know how i pass this string to Function?

layer = 0
dirName = []
#dummy value layer = 4,  dirName = [/a,/b,/c,/d], dirBruteForce(layer,vault)

def dirBruteForce(layer,dirPath):
if layer > 0 :
    #call again to make layered dir
    for x in range(len(dirName)):
        dirBruteForce(layer - 1, dirPath + dirName[x]) ##this line
#call end of the dir
elif layer is 0 :
    for x in range(len(dirName)):
        try:
            os.makedirs(dirPath)
            print(dirPath)
        except Exception as e:
            pass
###

try1:

dirBruteForce(layer - 1, dirPath + dirName[x])
TypeError: can only concatenate list (not "str") to list

try2:

list = [dirPath,str(dirName[x])]
dir = ''.join(list)
dirBruteForce(layer - 1, dir)

error2:

dir = ''.join(list)
TypeError: sequence item 0: expected str instance, list found

try3:

dir = ''.join([dirPath,dirName[x]])
dirBruteForce(layer - 1, dir)

error3:

dir = '-'.join([dirPath,dirName[x]])
TypeError: sequence item 0: expected str instance, list found

Can you please clarify what the objective of your code, or that particular line is? — eshanrh
– eshanrh, Commented Sep 11, 2017 at 15:01
my object is to passing string .. dirPath (a string) and dirName[x] (a string within a list) to a function — Ilyasofficial
– Ilyasofficial, Commented Sep 11, 2017 at 15:08

glibdud · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-11 15:19:58Z

1

Looks like dirPath is a list. You need to convert it to a string (for example using str.join() if you just want all the elements concatenated) before you concatenate the next part:

''.join(dirPath) + dirName[x]

answered Sep 11, 2017 at 15:19

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Ilyasofficial Over a year ago

i just realised that dirPath is a list. there is a typo in my code. i should assign string to dirPath.

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