Like partial, but you can determine the order of *args

pip install flexible-partial

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Update 2022-12-04:



# When you use FlexiblePartialOwnName, you can define the output of __str__ and __repr__ 



from flexible_partial import FlexiblePartial, FlexiblePartialOwnName

import regex

from random import choice

from string import ascii_lowercase

text = """Hi, my friend, how are you?"""

allfus = [

    FlexiblePartialOwnName(

        regex.sub,

        f'{x} Hello, I am a function!', # for __str__ and __repr__ 

        True,  # this_args_first = True (choice(list(ascii_lowercase)) will be the first arg when the function is called)

        choice(list(ascii_lowercase)),

        flags=regex.IGNORECASE,

    )

    for x in range(10)

]

for alsw in allfus:

    print(f"Executing: {alsw}")

    text = alsw("P", text)

    print(text)

    

Executing: 0 Hello, I am a function!

Hi, my friePd, how are you?

Executing: 1 Hello, I am a function!

Hi, my friePd, how are you?

Executing: 2 Hello, I am a function!

Hi, mP friePd, how are Pou?

Executing: 3 Hello, I am a function!

Hi, mP friePd, how are Pou?

Executing: 4 Hello, I am a function!

Hi, mP friePd, hPw are PPu?

Executing: 5 Hello, I am a function!

Hi, mP friePd, hPw are PPu?

Executing: 6 Hello, I am a function!

Hi, PP friePd, hPw are PPu?

Executing: 7 Hello, I am a function!

Hi, PP friePd, hPP are PPu?

Executing: 8 Hello, I am a function!

Hi, PP friePd, hPP Pre PPu?

Executing: 9 Hello, I am a function!

Hi, PP friePd, hPP Pre PPP?



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from flexible_partial import FlexiblePartial

import regex

from random import choice

from string import ascii_lowercase



text = """Hi, my friend, how are you?"""



allfus = [

    FlexiblePartial(

        regex.sub,

        True,  # this_args_first = True (choice(list(ascii_lowercase)) will be the first arg when the function is called)

        choice(list(ascii_lowercase)),

        flags=regex.IGNORECASE,

    )

    for x in range(10)

]



for alsw in allfus:

    print(f"Executing: {alsw}")

    text = alsw("P", text)

    print(text)



# Executing: regex.regex.sub('z', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, my friend, how are you?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('o', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, my friend, hPw are yPu?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('u', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, my friend, hPw are yPP?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('y', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, mP friend, hPw are PPP?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('z', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, mP friend, hPw are PPP?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('b', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, mP friend, hPw are PPP?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('k', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, mP friend, hPw are PPP?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('w', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, mP friend, hPP are PPP?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('k', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, mP friend, hPP are PPP?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('a', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, mP friend, hPP Pre PPP?



text = """Hi, my friend, how are you?"""



allfus = [

    FlexiblePartial(

        regex.sub,

        False,  # this_args_first = False (text will be the last arg when the function is called)

        text,

        flags=regex.IGNORECASE,

    )

    for x in range(10)

]



for alsw in allfus:

    print(f"Executing: {alsw}")

    text = alsw(choice(list(ascii_lowercase)), choice(list(ascii_lowercase)))

    print(text)





# Executing: regex.regex.sub('Hi, my friend, how are you?', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, me friend, how are eou?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('Hi, my friend, how are you?', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, mv friend, how are vou?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('Hi, my friend, how are you?', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, my friend, hos are you?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('Hi, my friend, how are you?', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, my frienh, how are you?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('Hi, my friend, how are you?', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, my friend, how are you?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('Hi, my friend, how are you?', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, my mriend, how are you?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('Hi, my friend, how are you?', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, my friend, how are you?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('Hi, my friend, how are you?', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, mv friend, how are vou?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('Hi, my friend, how are you?', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, my friend, how are you?

# Executing: regex.regex.sub('Hi, my friend, how are you?', flags=regex.I)

# Hi, my friend, how rre you?