# Pastebin OkEvXMR3 x = scandir(ben_dir) folders = [folder.name for folder in x if folder.is_dir()] prefix_num = ['{:03d}'.format(int(dir_string[:3])) for dir_string in folders] print(prefix_num) print(max(prefix_num)) inc_prefix = 0 inc_prefix += max(prefix_num)