Easy-to-use input and output functions
Project description
EasyIO
This module provides easy-to-use functions for input and output in Python.
Installation
pip install easyio
Usage
This package is meant to supplement the IO functions built in to python for beginner programmers.
We recommend that you import using import *
to add the functions to the global namespace:
from easyio import *
NOTE: When importing using import *
, the built-in input()
function will be overwritten with the input()
function from this
package.
Input
The following functions are provided to aid in user input:
input(prompt=None, /, *, sep=' ', file=None, type=<class 'str'>)
Read a line of input.
The prompt string, if given, is printed to the console
before reading input.
The sep parameter, which defaults to a single space is
what is printed after the prompt, but before the input
is retrieved. If no prompt is given, this is not
printed.
The file can be any file-like object that has a
.readline() method. If no file is given, input is
retrieved from the standard input stream (stuff typed
into the console). If a file is given, the prompt and
sep are not printed.
The input value can be converted to any type using the
type parameter. This needs to be a function that takes
a string and converts it to the desired type (e.g. int,
float, number, etc.)
inputs(prompt=None, /, **kwargs)
Read multiple lines of input. You can specify quant
as the number you want to read. If quant is not given
the function will keep reading inputs until a blank line
if input.
The prompt string, if given, is printed to the console
before reading each line of input.
Any keyword arguments (e.g. file, sep, type) will be
forwarded to the input() function.
When reading from a file, the end of the inputs is the
end of the file, not a blank line.
Output
The following functions are provided to aid in output to the user:
error(message, status=0)
Print an error message to the console and end the
program.
An optional status code can be provided.
Types
The following functions are provided to convert strings to other useful types. These are meant to be used as the type
argument for the input()
function.
nat(value)
Convert to a natural number (1, 2, 3, ...).
If the value is a natural number, the result will
be an int object. If given a numerical value with
decimals, it will be truncated (rounded towards 0).
If the value is not a natural number there will be
an error.
number(value)
Convert to a numerical value.
Whole numbers will be returned as int objects and
decimal numbers will be returned as float objects.
positive(value)
Convert to a positive number.
Whole numbers will be returned as int objects and
decimal numbers will be returned as float objects.
whole(value)
Convert to a whole number (0, 1, 2, 3, ...).
If the value is a natural number, the result will
be an int object. If given a numerical value with
decimals, it will be truncated (rounded towards 0).
If the value is not a natural number there will be
an error.
License
This package is licensed under the MIT License, making it free for you to use, change and profit from.
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