str2type 0.1.3

Convert a string representation of an int, float, None, True, False, or JSON to its native type. For None, True, and False, case is irrelevant.

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Convert a string representation of an int, float, None, True, False, or JSON to its native type. For None, True, and False, case is irrelevant. The primary use-case of this function is automatically parsing user-input from the commandline into Python types. Argument parsers usually handle this no problem but if a flag can take multiple types then str2type() can serve as the decoder.

>>> from str2type import str2type
>>> print(str2type("1.23"))
1.23
>>> print(str2type("1.")
1.0
>>> print(str2type(".2"))
2.0
>>> print(str2type("NonE"))
None

Installing

Via pip:

$ pip install str2type

From master branch:

$ git clone https://github.com/geowurster/str2type $ pip install ./str2type/

Developing

Install:

$ pip install virtualenv $ git clone https://github.com/geowurster/str2type $ cd str2type $ virtualenv venv $ source venv/bin/activate $ pip install -r requirements-dev.txt $ pip install -e .

Test:

$ nosetests

Lint:

$ pep8 –max-line-length=120 str2type.py