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| | """ |
| | Simple text manipulation functions. |
| | |
| | The :mod:`~humanfriendly.text` module contains simple functions to manipulate text: |
| | |
| | - The :func:`concatenate()` and :func:`pluralize()` functions make it easy to |
| | generate human friendly output. |
| | |
| | - The :func:`format()`, :func:`compact()` and :func:`dedent()` functions |
| | provide a clean and simple to use syntax for composing large text fragments |
| | with interpolated variables. |
| | |
| | - The :func:`tokenize()` function parses simple user input. |
| | """ |
| |
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| | |
| | import numbers |
| | import random |
| | import re |
| | import string |
| | import textwrap |
| |
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| | |
| | __all__ = ( |
| | 'compact', |
| | 'compact_empty_lines', |
| | 'concatenate', |
| | 'dedent', |
| | 'format', |
| | 'generate_slug', |
| | 'is_empty_line', |
| | 'join_lines', |
| | 'pluralize', |
| | 'pluralize_raw', |
| | 'random_string', |
| | 'split', |
| | 'split_paragraphs', |
| | 'tokenize', |
| | 'trim_empty_lines', |
| | ) |
| |
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|
| | def compact(text, *args, **kw): |
| | ''' |
| | Compact whitespace in a string. |
| | |
| | Trims leading and trailing whitespace, replaces runs of whitespace |
| | characters with a single space and interpolates any arguments using |
| | :func:`format()`. |
| | |
| | :param text: The text to compact (a string). |
| | :param args: Any positional arguments are interpolated using :func:`format()`. |
| | :param kw: Any keyword arguments are interpolated using :func:`format()`. |
| | :returns: The compacted text (a string). |
| | |
| | Here's an example of how I like to use the :func:`compact()` function, this |
| | is an example from a random unrelated project I'm working on at the moment:: |
| | |
| | raise PortDiscoveryError(compact(""" |
| | Failed to discover port(s) that Apache is listening on! |
| | Maybe I'm parsing the wrong configuration file? ({filename}) |
| | """, filename=self.ports_config)) |
| | |
| | The combination of :func:`compact()` and Python's multi line strings allows |
| | me to write long text fragments with interpolated variables that are easy |
| | to write, easy to read and work well with Python's whitespace |
| | sensitivity. |
| | ''' |
| | non_whitespace_tokens = text.split() |
| | compacted_text = ' '.join(non_whitespace_tokens) |
| | return format(compacted_text, *args, **kw) |
| |
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| |
|
| | def compact_empty_lines(text): |
| | """ |
| | Replace repeating empty lines with a single empty line (similar to ``cat -s``). |
| | |
| | :param text: The text in which to compact empty lines (a string). |
| | :returns: The text with empty lines compacted (a string). |
| | """ |
| | i = 0 |
| | lines = text.splitlines(True) |
| | while i < len(lines): |
| | if i > 0 and is_empty_line(lines[i - 1]) and is_empty_line(lines[i]): |
| | lines.pop(i) |
| | else: |
| | i += 1 |
| | return ''.join(lines) |
| |
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| |
|
| | def concatenate(items, conjunction='and', serial_comma=False): |
| | """ |
| | Concatenate a list of items in a human friendly way. |
| | |
| | :param items: |
| | |
| | A sequence of strings. |
| | |
| | :param conjunction: |
| | |
| | The word to use before the last item (a string, defaults to "and"). |
| | |
| | :param serial_comma: |
| | |
| | :data:`True` to use a `serial comma`_, :data:`False` otherwise |
| | (defaults to :data:`False`). |
| | |
| | :returns: |
| | |
| | A single string. |
| | |
| | >>> from humanfriendly.text import concatenate |
| | >>> concatenate(["eggs", "milk", "bread"]) |
| | 'eggs, milk and bread' |
| | |
| | .. _serial comma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma |
| | """ |
| | items = list(items) |
| | if len(items) > 1: |
| | final_item = items.pop() |
| | formatted = ', '.join(items) |
| | if serial_comma: |
| | formatted += ',' |
| | return ' '.join([formatted, conjunction, final_item]) |
| | elif items: |
| | return items[0] |
| | else: |
| | return '' |
| |
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| |
|
| | def dedent(text, *args, **kw): |
| | """ |
| | Dedent a string (remove common leading whitespace from all lines). |
| | |
| | Removes common leading whitespace from all lines in the string using |
| | :func:`textwrap.dedent()`, removes leading and trailing empty lines using |
| | :func:`trim_empty_lines()` and interpolates any arguments using |
| | :func:`format()`. |
| | |
| | :param text: The text to dedent (a string). |
| | :param args: Any positional arguments are interpolated using :func:`format()`. |
| | :param kw: Any keyword arguments are interpolated using :func:`format()`. |
| | :returns: The dedented text (a string). |
| | |
| | The :func:`compact()` function's documentation contains an example of how I |
| | like to use the :func:`compact()` and :func:`dedent()` functions. The main |
| | difference is that I use :func:`compact()` for text that will be presented |
| | to the user (where whitespace is not so significant) and :func:`dedent()` |
| | for data file and code generation tasks (where newlines and indentation are |
| | very significant). |
| | """ |
| | dedented_text = textwrap.dedent(text) |
| | trimmed_text = trim_empty_lines(dedented_text) |
| | return format(trimmed_text, *args, **kw) |
| |
|
| |
|
| | def format(text, *args, **kw): |
| | """ |
| | Format a string using the string formatting operator and/or :meth:`str.format()`. |
| | |
| | :param text: The text to format (a string). |
| | :param args: Any positional arguments are interpolated into the text using |
| | the string formatting operator (``%``). If no positional |
| | arguments are given no interpolation is done. |
| | :param kw: Any keyword arguments are interpolated into the text using the |
| | :meth:`str.format()` function. If no keyword arguments are given |
| | no interpolation is done. |
| | :returns: The text with any positional and/or keyword arguments |
| | interpolated (a string). |
| | |
| | The implementation of this function is so trivial that it seems silly to |
| | even bother writing and documenting it. Justifying this requires some |
| | context :-). |
| | |
| | **Why format() instead of the string formatting operator?** |
| | |
| | For really simple string interpolation Python's string formatting operator |
| | is ideal, but it does have some strange quirks: |
| | |
| | - When you switch from interpolating a single value to interpolating |
| | multiple values you have to wrap them in tuple syntax. Because |
| | :func:`format()` takes a `variable number of arguments`_ it always |
| | receives a tuple (which saves me a context switch :-). Here's an |
| | example: |
| | |
| | >>> from humanfriendly.text import format |
| | >>> # The string formatting operator. |
| | >>> print('the magic number is %s' % 42) |
| | the magic number is 42 |
| | >>> print('the magic numbers are %s and %s' % (12, 42)) |
| | the magic numbers are 12 and 42 |
| | >>> # The format() function. |
| | >>> print(format('the magic number is %s', 42)) |
| | the magic number is 42 |
| | >>> print(format('the magic numbers are %s and %s', 12, 42)) |
| | the magic numbers are 12 and 42 |
| | |
| | - When you interpolate a single value and someone accidentally passes in a |
| | tuple your code raises a :exc:`~exceptions.TypeError`. Because |
| | :func:`format()` takes a `variable number of arguments`_ it always |
| | receives a tuple so this can never happen. Here's an example: |
| | |
| | >>> # How expecting to interpolate a single value can fail. |
| | >>> value = (12, 42) |
| | >>> print('the magic value is %s' % value) |
| | Traceback (most recent call last): |
| | File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> |
| | TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting |
| | >>> # The following line works as intended, no surprises here! |
| | >>> print(format('the magic value is %s', value)) |
| | the magic value is (12, 42) |
| | |
| | **Why format() instead of the str.format() method?** |
| | |
| | When you're doing complex string interpolation the :meth:`str.format()` |
| | function results in more readable code, however I frequently find myself |
| | adding parentheses to force evaluation order. The :func:`format()` function |
| | avoids this because of the relative priority between the comma and dot |
| | operators. Here's an example: |
| | |
| | >>> "{adjective} example" + " " + "(can't think of anything less {adjective})".format(adjective='silly') |
| | "{adjective} example (can't think of anything less silly)" |
| | >>> ("{adjective} example" + " " + "(can't think of anything less {adjective})").format(adjective='silly') |
| | "silly example (can't think of anything less silly)" |
| | >>> format("{adjective} example" + " " + "(can't think of anything less {adjective})", adjective='silly') |
| | "silly example (can't think of anything less silly)" |
| | |
| | The :func:`compact()` and :func:`dedent()` functions are wrappers that |
| | combine :func:`format()` with whitespace manipulation to make it easy to |
| | write nice to read Python code. |
| | |
| | .. _variable number of arguments: https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/controlflow.html#arbitrary-argument-lists |
| | """ |
| | if args: |
| | text %= args |
| | if kw: |
| | text = text.format(**kw) |
| | return text |
| |
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| |
|
| | def generate_slug(text, delimiter="-"): |
| | """ |
| | Convert text to a normalized "slug" without whitespace. |
| | |
| | :param text: The original text, for example ``Some Random Text!``. |
| | :param delimiter: The delimiter used to separate words |
| | (defaults to the ``-`` character). |
| | :returns: The slug text, for example ``some-random-text``. |
| | :raises: :exc:`~exceptions.ValueError` when the provided |
| | text is nonempty but results in an empty slug. |
| | """ |
| | slug = text.lower() |
| | escaped = delimiter.replace("\\", "\\\\") |
| | slug = re.sub("[^a-z0-9]+", escaped, slug) |
| | slug = slug.strip(delimiter) |
| | if text and not slug: |
| | msg = "The provided text %r results in an empty slug!" |
| | raise ValueError(format(msg, text)) |
| | return slug |
| |
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| |
|
| | def is_empty_line(text): |
| | """ |
| | Check if a text is empty or contains only whitespace. |
| | |
| | :param text: The text to check for "emptiness" (a string). |
| | :returns: :data:`True` if the text is empty or contains only whitespace, |
| | :data:`False` otherwise. |
| | """ |
| | return len(text) == 0 or text.isspace() |
| |
|
| |
|
| | def join_lines(text): |
| | """ |
| | Remove "hard wrapping" from the paragraphs in a string. |
| | |
| | :param text: The text to reformat (a string). |
| | :returns: The text without hard wrapping (a string). |
| | |
| | This function works by removing line breaks when the last character before |
| | a line break and the first character after the line break are both |
| | non-whitespace characters. This means that common leading indentation will |
| | break :func:`join_lines()` (in that case you can use :func:`dedent()` |
| | before calling :func:`join_lines()`). |
| | """ |
| | return re.sub(r'(\S)\n(\S)', r'\1 \2', text) |
| |
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| |
|
| | def pluralize(count, singular, plural=None): |
| | """ |
| | Combine a count with the singular or plural form of a word. |
| | |
| | :param count: The count (a number). |
| | :param singular: The singular form of the word (a string). |
| | :param plural: The plural form of the word (a string or :data:`None`). |
| | :returns: The count and singular or plural word concatenated (a string). |
| | |
| | See :func:`pluralize_raw()` for the logic underneath :func:`pluralize()`. |
| | """ |
| | return '%s %s' % (count, pluralize_raw(count, singular, plural)) |
| |
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| |
|
| | def pluralize_raw(count, singular, plural=None): |
| | """ |
| | Select the singular or plural form of a word based on a count. |
| | |
| | :param count: The count (a number). |
| | :param singular: The singular form of the word (a string). |
| | :param plural: The plural form of the word (a string or :data:`None`). |
| | :returns: The singular or plural form of the word (a string). |
| | |
| | When the given count is exactly 1.0 the singular form of the word is |
| | selected, in all other cases the plural form of the word is selected. |
| | |
| | If the plural form of the word is not provided it is obtained by |
| | concatenating the singular form of the word with the letter "s". Of course |
| | this will not always be correct, which is why you have the option to |
| | specify both forms. |
| | """ |
| | if not plural: |
| | plural = singular + 's' |
| | return singular if float(count) == 1.0 else plural |
| |
|
| |
|
| | def random_string(length=(25, 100), characters=string.ascii_letters): |
| | """random_string(length=(25, 100), characters=string.ascii_letters) |
| | Generate a random string. |
| | |
| | :param length: The length of the string to be generated (a number or a |
| | tuple with two numbers). If this is a tuple then a random |
| | number between the two numbers given in the tuple is used. |
| | :param characters: The characters to be used (a string, defaults |
| | to :data:`string.ascii_letters`). |
| | :returns: A random string. |
| | |
| | The :func:`random_string()` function is very useful in test suites; by the |
| | time I included it in :mod:`humanfriendly.text` I had already included |
| | variants of this function in seven different test suites :-). |
| | """ |
| | if not isinstance(length, numbers.Number): |
| | length = random.randint(length[0], length[1]) |
| | return ''.join(random.choice(characters) for _ in range(length)) |
| |
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| |
|
| | def split(text, delimiter=','): |
| | """ |
| | Split a comma-separated list of strings. |
| | |
| | :param text: The text to split (a string). |
| | :param delimiter: The delimiter to split on (a string). |
| | :returns: A list of zero or more nonempty strings. |
| | |
| | Here's the default behavior of Python's built in :meth:`str.split()` |
| | function: |
| | |
| | >>> 'foo,bar, baz,'.split(',') |
| | ['foo', 'bar', ' baz', ''] |
| | |
| | In contrast here's the default behavior of the :func:`split()` function: |
| | |
| | >>> from humanfriendly.text import split |
| | >>> split('foo,bar, baz,') |
| | ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'] |
| | |
| | Here is an example that parses a nested data structure (a mapping of |
| | logging level names to one or more styles per level) that's encoded in a |
| | string so it can be set as an environment variable: |
| | |
| | >>> from pprint import pprint |
| | >>> encoded_data = 'debug=green;warning=yellow;error=red;critical=red,bold' |
| | >>> parsed_data = dict((k, split(v, ',')) for k, v in (split(kv, '=') for kv in split(encoded_data, ';'))) |
| | >>> pprint(parsed_data) |
| | {'debug': ['green'], |
| | 'warning': ['yellow'], |
| | 'error': ['red'], |
| | 'critical': ['red', 'bold']} |
| | """ |
| | return [token.strip() for token in text.split(delimiter) if token and not token.isspace()] |
| |
|
| |
|
| | def split_paragraphs(text): |
| | """ |
| | Split a string into paragraphs (one or more lines delimited by an empty line). |
| | |
| | :param text: The text to split into paragraphs (a string). |
| | :returns: A list of strings. |
| | """ |
| | paragraphs = [] |
| | for chunk in text.split('\n\n'): |
| | chunk = trim_empty_lines(chunk) |
| | if chunk and not chunk.isspace(): |
| | paragraphs.append(chunk) |
| | return paragraphs |
| |
|
| |
|
| | def tokenize(text): |
| | """ |
| | Tokenize a text into numbers and strings. |
| | |
| | :param text: The text to tokenize (a string). |
| | :returns: A list of strings and/or numbers. |
| | |
| | This function is used to implement robust tokenization of user input in |
| | functions like :func:`.parse_size()` and :func:`.parse_timespan()`. It |
| | automatically coerces integer and floating point numbers, ignores |
| | whitespace and knows how to separate numbers from strings even without |
| | whitespace. Some examples to make this more concrete: |
| | |
| | >>> from humanfriendly.text import tokenize |
| | >>> tokenize('42') |
| | [42] |
| | >>> tokenize('42MB') |
| | [42, 'MB'] |
| | >>> tokenize('42.5MB') |
| | [42.5, 'MB'] |
| | >>> tokenize('42.5 MB') |
| | [42.5, 'MB'] |
| | """ |
| | tokenized_input = [] |
| | for token in re.split(r'(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)', text): |
| | token = token.strip() |
| | if re.match(r'\d+\.\d+', token): |
| | tokenized_input.append(float(token)) |
| | elif token.isdigit(): |
| | tokenized_input.append(int(token)) |
| | elif token: |
| | tokenized_input.append(token) |
| | return tokenized_input |
| |
|
| |
|
| | def trim_empty_lines(text): |
| | """ |
| | Trim leading and trailing empty lines from the given text. |
| | |
| | :param text: The text to trim (a string). |
| | :returns: The trimmed text (a string). |
| | """ |
| | lines = text.splitlines(True) |
| | while lines and is_empty_line(lines[0]): |
| | lines.pop(0) |
| | while lines and is_empty_line(lines[-1]): |
| | lines.pop(-1) |
| | return ''.join(lines) |
| |
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