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 from datetime import date
 import glob
 import os
 
 ## Set version number.
 version = '1.0'
 ## Get the current date.
 now = date.today()
 ## Format it.
 today = now.strftime("%m-%d-%y")
 ## Set request type. May be improved by making it interactive later.
 request = 'Parts'
 ## Get to the parts request directory.
 os.chdir('S:\\Parts Requisitions\\Electrical Requests\\2013')
 ## Make a list of the filenames that start with a number and end with
 ## ".pdf".
 filelist = glob.glob('[0-99999]*.pdf')
 ## Sort the list so that the newest request filename is the first index.
 filelist.sort(reverse=True)
 ## Pull out the last requests filename.
 lastreq = filelist[0]
 ## Parse out the different parts of the file name.
 templist = lastreq.split()
 ## Pull out the portion of the file name that contains the number.
 lastnum = templist[0]
 ## Change the string into a integer.
 lastnum = int(lastnum)
 ## Increment the number by 1.
 newnum = lastnum + 1
 ## Concatenate the parts of the new request file name into a single
 ## string
 filename = str(newnum) + ' ' + request + ' ' + today + ".pdf"
 ## Open a writable file with the proper file name.
 placeholderfile = open(filename, 'w')
 ## Place a summary of how the file was created in the file as plain
 ## text for anyone who wants to know more.
 placeholderfile.write('This is a placeholder file for the next parts\n'
                       'request number in line created by running\n'
                       'a python program named neewpartreqnumgen.py\n'
                       'version ' + version + ' located in\n'
                       "'S:\Parts Requisitions\Electrical Requests\' \n"
                       'created by Casey Hancock.\n')
 ## close the file
 placeholderfile.close()
 ## print out the file name so people know which request number is
 ## theirs.
 print(filename)