autoAlca Namespace Reference

Functions
def	buildList (pdList, matrix)

Function Documentation

buildList()

def autoAlca.buildList	(		pdList,
			matrix
	)

Takes a list of primary datasets (PDs) and the AlCaRecoMatrix (a dictinary) and returns a string with all the AlCaRecos for the selected PDs separated by the '+' character without duplicates.

Definition at line 105 of file autoAlca.py.

def buildList(pdList, matrix):
    """Takes a list of primary datasets (PDs) and the AlCaRecoMatrix (a dictinary) and returns a string with all the AlCaRecos for the selected PDs separated by the '+' character without duplicates."""
    alCaRecoList = []
    for pd in pdList:
        alCaRecoList.extend(matrix[pd].split("+"))
    # remove duplicates converting to a set
    alCaRecoList = set(alCaRecoList)
    stringList = ''
    for alCaReco in alCaRecoList:
        if stringList == '':
            stringList += alCaReco
        else:
            stringList += '+'+alCaReco
    return stringList
 
# Update the lists anytime a new PD is added to the matrix

References cms::dd.split().