A module to operate with license plates and its patterns
Project description
License Plate Toolbox
This project provides a simple way to operate with license plates and its patterns.
Installation
To install the module, just run on the command line:
$ pip install plates
Module usage
For example, to get the number of possible plates with a given pattern:
from plates import *
combinations("CCCDDD") # 17576000
In the example above, the pattern given corresponds to 3 characters and 3 digits. ABC123 is a plate that matches with this pattern, then:
matches_pattern("CCCDDD", "ABC123") # True
The above pattern can be shortened as "3C3D"
, meaning 3 chars and 3 digits.
Some standard patterns are already given, and can be accessed through dictionary:
# Argentina's old pattern
STD_PATTERNS["AR-1"] # "CCCDDD"
# Argentina's new pattern
STD_PATTERNS["AR-2"] # "CCDDDCC"
# California pattern
STD_PATTERNS["US-CA"] # "DCCCDDD"
STD_PATTERNS.keys()
will show all the patterns provided.
Command line usage
The tools provided can be used directly through the command line, invoking the plates module and passing the function name with it's proper positional or keyword arguments. Here's an example:
$ python -m plates get_pattern AB5472D
will produce CCDDDDC
as the result.
To get a list of all the available functions for the command line, call the
module with the -lf
or --list-functions
flag, and it will print a list
of supported functions with its arguments and respective types.
For help using the module via the command line, pass the -h
or --help
flag.
Some basics examples are:
$ python -m plates max_plate --pattern CCDDDC
$ python -m plates get_plate -p CCDDDC -i 168700
$ python -m plates get_plate_index -pl GA155RT
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