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    "# Program to read through folders in a file-path and spit out description"
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    "def find_algorithm():\n",
    "    import os # To enable you walk through the OS directory\n",
    "    import re # To enable pattern recognition\n",
    "    \n",
    "    \n",
    "    # Take file-path and extract names of files in file-path as list data type\n",
    "    check_folder = input(\"Please enter the file-path of the folder: \\n\")\n",
    "    found_items = os.listdir(check_folder)\n",
    "    \n",
    "    \n",
    "    # Initialize what the pattern to be searched for should look like\n",
    "    pattern = \"\\W\\W\\W\"\n",
    "    \n",
    "    # Look into the individual txt files and extraxt the description \n",
    "    for items in range(0, len(found_items)):\n",
    "        print(f\"\\n({items + 1}): I found the file named: {found_items[items]}\")\n",
    "        inside_file = check_folder + '\\\\' + found_items[items]\n",
    "        \n",
    "        with open(inside_file, mode ='r', encoding = 'utf-8') as myfile:\n",
    "            print(\"Inside the file, I found this description: \\n \")\n",
    "            contents = myfile.readlines()\n",
    "            \n",
    "            for indexing in range(0, len(contents)):\n",
    "                if re.search(pattern, contents[indexing]):\n",
    "                    print(contents[indexing+1])\n",
    "                    break\n",
    "                    \n",
    "            print(\"\\n\\n\")"
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