Re: padding numbers in front of uniquely generatd names
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg48301] Re: padding numbers in front of uniquely generatd names
- From: "Michel, Hans J.I." <HMiche at LSUHSC.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 03:04:33 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Sean:
You can try
SymbolName[Unique["plot0"]] <> ".jpg"
Please note that there is a lot of overhead using Unique. I would add the
attribute of Unique["plot0", {Temporary}]
So
Try
SymbolName[Unique["plot0", {Temporary}]] <> ".jpg"
When done with all files you should Remove all the Symbol that start with
"plot0*".
Hans Michel
Sean wrote:
hello group.
below will do exactly what it';s supposed to do which is generate
unique file names.
StringJoin[Unique["plot"] // ToString, ".jpg"]
I wanted to pad 0's in front of my file names for the purpose of
sorting them in a folder by their names. without the 0's in front they
don't sort right.
i found this in the archive that does sort of what i want to...
With[{i = 1}, "data-" <> ToString[PaddedForm[i, 3, NumberPadding
->{"0", "0"}]] ]
or
Table["data-" <> ToString[ PaddedForm[i, 3, NumberPadding -> "0"]],
{i, 0, 20}]
above work fine for making the names upfront then assigning them to
pictures, but what if i wanted to generate them as the algorythm runs.
now i thought this was gonna do it...
StringJoin[ToString[ PaddedForm[ Unique["plot"], NumberPadding ->
{"0", "0"}]], ".jpg"]
but no, above is exactly the same as what I had before.
Without using Table, or With, how do i change it so that above will
generate unique names with 0's padded?
any thoughts will be most appreciated.
thanks in advance
sean