stringthings

a set of functions to work with strings:

• splits

  • multisplit similar to the .split() method from the standard str class, but able to separate the string using multiple separators at once.
  • split_dmmmy splits a date string in format 'dmmmy' (like '5jan23') into a list ['d', 'mmm', 'y'].

• numbers

  • is_numeric returns True if the string represents a number, not limited to integers as the .isdigit() string method.
  • get_number extract the number represented by the string.

• filenames

  • extension splits a fullpath represented by the string into:
    • the extension of the file
    • the name of the file
    • the directory containing the file
    • the input fullpath
  • Handy functions to get the folder, the file name, or the extension from a full path:
    • get_folder returns the folder containing the file,
    • get_file returns the file name,
    • get_name returns the name of the file without the extension,
    • get_extension returns the extension of the file.

• dates

  • is_date returns True if the input string represents a date.
  • format_date change the format of the date represented by the string, as requested by the user.

• compression

  • compress compress the repeated items in a string sequence, i.e.: compress('1 2 2 2') returns '1 3*2'.
  • expand expand the compressed string repetitions, i.e.: expand('1 3*2') returns '1 2 2 2'.

To install this package:

Install it from the pypi.org repository:
pip install stringthings
or upgrade to the latest version:
pip install --upgrade stringthings

Optional requisites:

The main functionalities are purely Python powered and does not require any other package to work but, if present, some functions requires NumPy and Pandas:

• NumPy
• Pandas