chemname 0.0.post1

A tool to convert any text to chemical names, where possible.

Chemname

This package converts any eligible text to its equivalent using chemical element names.

Usage

from chemname import chem

Results are return as a list of lists, each containing a possible alternative. If there is one possiblity:

chem.chemname("Ash")

>>> [['As', 'H']]

The matching process is case insensitive.

chem.chemname("ash")

>>> [['As', 'H']]

If there are more possibilities:

chem.chemname("Practice")

>>> [['P', 'Ra', 'C', 'Ti', 'Ce'], ['Pr', 'Ac', 'Ti', 'Ce']]