BurnTard has got a new IndexError

[BurnTard]

Okay, so I know what an IndexError is and all, but that doesn't help me understand why on earth I'm getting this one. I'm writing a program that's supposed skim through directories, dump all files into one list and all directories into another. That's as far as I've gotten now because this is where the nasty error shows up at the very beginning. So without further ado, here's my script:

 
import os
tralla='/windows'
tintin='/LOLOL'
list1=[]
list2=[]
 
for item in os.listdir(tralla):
    if os.path.splitext(item)[1][0]=='.':
        list1.append(item)
    else:
        list2.append(item)
 
 
for item in os.listdir(tintin):
    if os.path.splitext(item)[1][0]=='.':
        list1.append(item)
    else:
        list2.append(item)
 
for item in list2:
    print item
 
 

So can anyone tell me why on earth I get this:
"Traceback (most recent call last):
File "untitled.py", line 8, in <module>
if os.path.splitext(item)[1][0]=='.':
IndexError: string index out of range"
?

At least this time it's with tab-indents, some people didn't like it when I used spaces last time... :)
Any help I can get is appreciated.

[dazzler]

what does "print os.path.splitext(item)" look like?

[dazzler]

hmmh, just tried this and it worked for me

oh no it didn't...

[dazzler]

ok, if I have file called "001png"
and print os.path.splitext(item) prints ('001png', '')
where [0] is '001png'
and [1] = '' ,
[1][0] would be the first character in [1] but [1] is empty so [1][0] doesn't even exist

instead of

if os.path.splitext(item)[1][0] =='.' 
 

use

if os.path.splitext(item)[1] !=''  #if [1] is anything else than empty  
 

:)

[BurnTard]

ok, if I have file called "001png"
and print os.path.splitext(item) prints ('001png', '')
where [0] is '001png'
and [1] = '' ,
[1][0] would be the first character in [1] but [1] is empty so [1][0] doesn't even exist

instead of

if os.path.splitext(item)[1][0] =='.' 
 

use

if os.path.splitext(item)[1] !=''  #if [1] is anything else than empty  
 

:)

Anku! (mulefa for thank you!)
I wonder why I didn't think of that, that is brilliant!