constcheck 0.4.0

Check Python files for repeat use of strings

Check Python files for repeat use of strings

Escape commas with \\ (\ when enclosed in single quotes)

Defaults can be configured in your pyproject.toml file

Installation

$ pip install constcheck

Usage

Commandline

usage: constcheck [-h] [-c INT] [-l INT] [-s STR] [-i LIST] [-I LIST]
                             [--ignore-from [FILE=LIST [FILE=LIST ...]]] [-f] [-n] [-v]
                             [path [path ...]]

positional arguments:
  path                                       path(s) to check files for (default: .)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help                                 show this help message and exit
  -c INT, --count INT                        minimum number of repeat strings (default: 3)
  -l INT, --len INT                          minimum length of repeat strings (default: 3)
  -s STR, --string STR                       parse a string instead of a file
  -i LIST, --ignore-strings LIST             comma separated list of strings to exclude
  -I LIST, --ignore-files LIST               comma separated list of files to exclude
  --ignore-from [FILE=LIST [FILE=LIST ...]]  comma separated list of strings to exclude from file
  -f, --filter                               filter out empty results
  -n, --no-color                             disable color output
  -v, --version                              show version and exit

API

>>> import constcheck

>>> EXAMPLE = """
... STRING_1 = "Hey"
... STRING_2 = "Hey"
... STRING_3 = "Hey"
... STRING_4 = "Hello"
... STRING_5 = "Hello"
... STRING_6 = "Hello"
... STRING_7 = "Hello"
... STRING_8 = "Hello, world"
... STRING_9 = "Hello, world"
... STRING_10 = "Hello, world"
... STRING_11 = "Hello, world"
... STRING_12 = "Hello, world"
... """

>>> constcheck.main(string=EXAMPLE)
3   | Hey
4   | Hello
5   | Hello, world
<BLANKLINE>
1

With the count argument

>>> constcheck.main(string=EXAMPLE, count=4)
4   | Hello
5   | Hello, world
<BLANKLINE>
1

With the len argument

>>> constcheck.main(string=EXAMPLE, len=6)
5   | Hello, world
<BLANKLINE>
1

With the ignore_strings argument which accepts list of str objects

>>> constcheck.main(string=EXAMPLE, ignore_strings=["Hello, world", "Hello"])
3   | Hey
<BLANKLINE>
1

Config

All keyword arguments available to constcheck.main() can be configured in the pyproject.toml file

[tool.constcheck]
path = "."
count = 3
len = 3
ignore_strings = ["Hello", "Hello, world"]
ignore_files = ["tests/__init__.py"]
filter = false
no_color = false

[tool.constcheck.ignore_from]
"tests/__init__.py" = ["Hello, world"]