Create file but if name exists add number

Question

Does Python have any built-in functionality to add a number to a filename if it already exists?

My idea is that it would work the way certain OS\'s work - if a file

Answer 1

recently I encountered the same thing and here is my approach:

import os

file_name = "file_name.txt"
if os.path.isfile(file_name):
    expand = 1
    while True:
        expand += 1
        new_file_name = file_name.split(".txt")[0] + str(expand) + ".txt"
        if os.path.isfile(new_file_name):
            continue
        else:
            file_name = new_file_name
            break