Pick random files from a folder and read them

pick_random_files.py

import random
import os

# our folder path containing some images
folder_path = 'images/cats'
# the number of file to generate
num_files_desired = 1000

# loop on all files of the folder and build a list of files paths
images = [os.path.join(folder_path, f) for f in os.listdir(folder_path) if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(folder_path, f))]

num_generated_files = 0
while num_generated_files <= num_files_desired:
    # random image from the folder
    image_path = random.choice(images)
    # read image as an two dimensional array of pixels
    image_to_transform = sk.io.imread(image_path)

When i run the code on jupyter notebook its never stops. What might be the issue?

When i run the code on jupyter notebook its never stops. What might be the issue?

In the while loop num_generated_files is never incremented, so it becomes an infinite loop. If you add "num_generated_files+=1" inside the loop, the code will work the way you intended.