I'm trying to create a basic script whereby a user provides one or more paths and if that path is valid, the script proceeds.
However in my if statement, an invalid path returns both a success and failure message which will confuse the user and frankly, is confusing me.
Here is my code:
from os import path
#set a variable as False that will keep you locked in the loop until
#a valid input is provided and it is turned to True.
valid_input = False
#Start the while loop that requests user provides paths
while not valid_input:
search_locations_str = input("Please provide the name of the loaction\nyou would like to search by inputting the\nfull path.\n \nTo search multiple locations, simply input\nmultiple paths separated by a comma and a space.")
print("\n")
search_locations = search_locations_str.split(", ")
print("area(/s) to search ", search_locations)
#Add a for stament that can end the loop if, after checking the users input,
#the paths are valid and actually exist.
for search_location in search_locations:
if path.exists(search_location)==False:
print(search_location + " not recognised, please amend or remove" )
else:
valid_input = True
print(search_location + " identified, search for useful files can proceed")
If you put in a valid path, it works perfectly.
If you put in an invalid path, it tells you the path is both valid and invalid:
area(/s) to search ['non/existent/path']
non/existent/path not recognised, please amend or remove
non/existent/path identified, search for useful files can proceed
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