FileUtils Namespace Reference

Functions
def	loadListFromFile (filename)
def	save_history (historyPath=historyPath)
def	sectionNofTotal (inputList, currentSection, numSections)

Function Documentation

def FileUtils.loadListFromFile

(

filename

)

Loads a list of strings from file.  Will append to given list
if asked.

Definition at line 6 of file FileUtils.py.

References edm.print().

def loadListFromFile (filename):
    """Loads a list of strings from file.  Will append to given list
    if asked."""
    retval = []
    filename = os.path.expanduser (filename)
    if not os.path.exists (filename):
        print("Error: file '%s' does not exist."%(filename))
        raise RuntimeError("Bad filename")
    source = open (filename, 'r')        
    for line in source.readlines():
        line = re.sub (r'#.+$', '', line) # remove comment characters
        line = line.strip()
        if len (line):
            retval.append (line)
    source.close()
    return retval

def FileUtils.save_history

(

historyPath = historyPath

)

Definition at line 60 of file FileUtils.py.

    def save_history(historyPath=historyPath):
        import readline
        readline.write_history_file(historyPath)
        if os.path.exists(historyPath):
            readline.read_history_file(historyPath)

def FileUtils.sectionNofTotal	(		inputList,
			currentSection,
			numSections
	)

Returns the appropriate sublist given the current section
(1..numSections)

Definition at line 24 of file FileUtils.py.

def sectionNofTotal (inputList, currentSection, numSections):
    """Returns the appropriate sublist given the current section
    (1..numSections)"""
    currentSection -= 1 # internally, we want 0..N-1, not 1..N
    size       = len (inputList)
    perSection = size // numSections
    extra      = size %  numSections
    start      = perSection * currentSection
    num        = perSection
    if currentSection < extra:
        # the early sections get an extra item
        start += currentSection
        num   += 1
    else:
        start += extra
    stop = start + num
    return inputList[ start:stop ]