def shorten_str(text, to_chars=100): return (text if len(text) <= 100 else ( text[:(to_chars // 2)] + "..." + text[-(to_chars // 2):])) from types import ModuleType import copy def get_ord(num): assert num != 0, "use strictly positive numbers in get_ord()" nums = {1: "first", 2: "second", 3:"third", 4:"fourth", 5: "fifth", 6: "sixth", 7:"seventh", 8:"eight", 9: "nineth", 10: "tenth"} if num in nums: return(nums[num]) else: return("%dth" % num) def get_times(num): nums = {1:"once", 2:"twice"} if num in nums: return(nums[num]) else: return("%d times" % num) def get_num(num): nums = {0:"no", 1:"one", 2:"two", 3:"three", 4:"four", 5:"five", 6:"six", 7:"seven", 8:"eight"} if num in nums: return(nums[num]) else: return(str(num)) def copy_env(env, keep_objs=None): if keep_objs is None: keep_objs = [] mutableTypes = (tuple, list, dict) # One list comprehension to filter list. Might need some cleaning, but it # works ipy_ignore = ['In', 'Out', 'get_ipython', 'quit', 'exit'] update_env = { key: copy.deepcopy(value) for key, value in env.items() if not any((key.startswith("_"), isinstance(value, ModuleType), key in ipy_ignore)) and ( key in keep_objs or isinstance( value, mutableTypes) ) } updated_env = dict(env) updated_env.update(update_env) return(updated_env) def first_lower(s): return (s[:1].lower() + s[1:] if s else '') def check_str(x): assert isinstance(x, str), "object isn't string where string expected" return(x) def check_dict(x): assert isinstance(x, dict), "object isn't dict where dict expected" return(x) def check_process(x): assert x.__class__.__name__ == "WorkerProcess" return(x)