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How to read most recent file with Pandas? Output path is undefined?

I’m trying to read the two latest sheets in my folder READ1 and READ2 with pandas. Usually when I read files the file name has to be formatted at 'File.xlsx' but the method I’m using is printing in the terminal as File.xlsx. I tried changing the format with:

one = [str("'")+str(READ1)+ str("'")]
print(one)

Which outputs as ["'None'"]

My Code:

import glob
import os
import os.path
import pandas as pd
import xlsxwriter as xl
from pandas_datareader import data as pdr
import numpy as np


latest_file = sorted(glob.iglob('C:My Folder*'), key=os.path.getmtime) 
READ1 = print(latest_file[0])
READ2 = print(latest_file[1])


File1 = pd.read_excel(READ1,sheet_name='Sheet1', header=None)
File2 = pd.read_excel(READ2,sheet_name='Sheet1', header=None)
print(File1)


If I run my code as is I get

inspect_excel_format assert content_or_path is not None
AssertionError

I have tried changing them to csv files too but that doesn’t change anything. I think Python is reading it as an undefined variable. Such as:

READ1 = [File.xlsx]

has the error:

NameError: name 'File' is not defined

I have been referenceing: How to get the latest file in a folder? https://datatofish.com/latest-file-python/

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Answer

The print method just prints its arguments to the terminal and returns None, so READ1 and READ2 are None.

Replace:

READ1 = print(latest_file[0])
READ2 = print(latest_file[1])

with:

READ1 = latest_file[0]
READ2 = latest_file[1]

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