sidpy.base.string_utils

Utilities for formatting strings and other input / output methods

Created on Tue Nov 3 21:14:25 2015

@author: Suhas Somnath, Chris Smith

Functions

clean_string_att	Replaces any unicode objects within lists with their string counterparts to ensure compatibility with python 3.
format_quantity	Formats the provided quantity such as time or size to appropriate strings
format_size	Formats the provided size in bytes to kB, MB, GB, TB etc.
format_time	Formats the provided time in seconds into seconds, minutes, or hours
formatted_str_to_number	Takes a formatted string like '4.32 MHz' to 4.32 E+6.
get_time_stamp	Returns the current date and time as a string formatted as: Year_Month_Day-Hour_Minute_Second
remove_extra_delimiters	Removes extra spaces (or other delimiters) between words in a line.
str_to_other	Casts a single value encoded in a string to the appropriate python object.
validate_list_of_strings	This function is to be used when validating and cleaning a list of strings.
validate_single_string_arg	This function is to be used when validating a SINGLE string parameter for a function.
validate_string_args	This function is to be used when validating string parameters for a function.