filename = 'OMI_BEHR_' + year + month + day + '.hdf' filedir = ('C:/BEHR/' + year + '/' + month + '/') os.chdir(filedir) a = os.path.isfile(filename) if a == False: print 'File ' + filename + 'is not available' continue else: f = h5py.File(filedir + filename,'r') group = f['Data/'] L = list(group) for h in range(0, len(L)): swath = L[h] swathval = int(swath[5:]) group = f['Data/Swath' + str(swathval)] latitude = group['Latitude'].value