# Pastebin Vkn7krhb x = scandir(ben_dir) folders = [folder.name for folder in x if folder.is_dir()] prefix_num = [int(dir_string[:3]) for dir_string in folders] # print(prefix_num) # print(max(prefix_num)) inc_prefix = '{:03d}'.format(max(prefix_num) + 1) print(inc_prefix)