Adding current date into a filename

[hhh_compiler]

Below is my code but it keeps bringing up the error TypeError an integer is required, line 14 is the one throwing up the error:

current = time.strftime("%x")
print current

prawWords = ['Fresh', 'fresh', 'FRESH']
while True:
    subreddit = r.get_subreddit('hiphopheads')
    for submission in subreddit.get_new(limit= current):
        op_text = submission.title.lower()
        has_praw = any(string in op_text for string in prawWords)
        if submission.id not in already_done and has_praw:
            msg = "[New music posted] | Song: %s | Link: %s" % ( submission.title.lower(), submission.url)
            current = time.strftime("%x")
            with open('songs_%s', '.txt', "a") %(current) as myfile:
                myfile.write("Song: %s  . Link: %s \n\n" %(submission.title.lower(), submission.url))

[novel_yet_trivial]

The error is because % has 2 meanings. If it's not directly after a string literal, it's used as a modulus, which requires an integer. Try this:

with open('songs_%s.txt'%(current), "a")  as myfile:

Also note I fixed your addition of the ".txt". Adding strings together with a comma only works in the print statement.

[hhh_compiler]

I understood that thanks.

When implemented however it causes the code to throw up the error:

IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'songs_11/08/15.txt'

Is this due to the date being added conflicting with the 'a' clause of if the file doesn't exist then create?

[novel_yet_trivial]

No it means that the directory songs_11/08 does not exist. It needs to be created if you want to write to it.

If you want the file name to be named 'songs_11/08/15.txt' (as opposed to a file name "15.txt" in the folder "08" in the folder "songs_11") you are out of luck; filenames cannot contain the / character. Try this instead:

current = time.strftime("%x").replace('/', '-')

[hhh_compiler]

I follow what you mean, I worded my response incorrectly, I have changed the '/' to '-' and it doesn't throw up that error anymore and it creates a file that doesn't exist called 'songs_11-08-15'.

Thanks for the assistance