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Hanwen Zhang
20,084 PointsWhat is wrong with my code? why it shows the name is not defined?
from distutils.util import strtobool
import os
import pathlib
import re
import sys
import unicodedata
DIRS = [
'{project_slug}/',
'{project_slug}/static',
'{project_slug}/static/img',
'{project_slug}/static/js',
'{project_slug}/static/css',
'{project_slug}/templates',
]
def slugify(string):
string = unicodedata.normalze("NFKC", string)
string = re.sub(r'[^\w\s]', '', string).string().lower()
return re.sub(r'[_-\s]+', '_', string)
def get_root():
root = pathlib.PurePath(
input("What is the full path where you would like the project?")
)
if not root.is_absolute():
return get_root()
return root
def check_delete_rot(root):
if os.path.exists(root):
prrint("Path already exists.")
try:
delete = strtobool(input("Delete existing files/directories? [y/n] ").lower())
except ValueError:
return check_delete_root(root)
else:
if delete:
try:
os.removedirs(root)
except OSError:
print("Couldn't remove {}. Please delete it yourself.".format(root))
else:
print("Delete {}".format(root))
def crete_dirs(root, slug):
try:
os.markedirs(root)
except OSError:
print("Could not create the project root at {}.".format(root))
sys.exit()
else:
for dir in DIRS:
try:
os.mkdir(os.path.join(root, dir.format(project_slug=slug)))
except FileExistsError:
pass
def main():
project_root = get_root()
check_delete_root(project_root)
project_name = None
while not project_name:
project_name = input("what is the full name for the project?").strip()
project_slug = slugify(project_name)
create_dirs(project_root, project_slug)
print("creating {} in {}".format(project_name, project_root))
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
1 Answer

Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,239 PointsPlease include the stacktrace information showing the error you are seeing.