Kokitis / infotools

A library of tools to make common tasks easier.

Infotools

A collection of tools to make common tasks simpler and more convienient. It is organized into several subpackages:

• filetools
• numbertools
• timetools

Filetools

This package has a few functions useful unctions when operating with system files.

Available Functions:

• memoryUsage

  Retrieves the current RAM usage.

• generateFileMd5

  Generates a file's MD5sum

• checkDir

  Ensures that the given folder exists.

Numbertools

Common number operations

Useful functions:

• human_readable

  Converts a number or numerical string to a more easily-readable format.

  >>> from infotools import numbertools
  >>> numbertools.human_readable(12345.678, base = 'K')
  '12.35K'
  
  >>> numbertools.human_readable(10.456E-5, base = 'u')
  '104.56u'
  
  >>> numbertools.human_readable(10.4561940387432E-5, precision = 4)
  '104.5619u'

• to_number

  Attempts to convert the input into a number

  >>> from infotools import numbertools
  >>> numbertools.to_number('187')    
  187
  
  >>> numbertools.to_number('abcdef')
  nan
  
  >> numbertools.to_number('asdas', default = 0)
  0

• is_number

  Tests if the input string is a number. Works with floats.

  >>> from infotools import numbertools
  >>> numbertools.is_number('123.456')
  True
  
  >>> numbertools.is_number('abc')
  False

timetools

Contains time and date methods with simple importing and exporting methods.

Available Classes:

• Timestamp

  Represents a single time and date.

  >>> from infotools import timetools
  >>> timestamp = timetools.Timestamp.now()
  >>> str(timestamp)
  '2018-09-03T20:22:05.405436-04:00'

• Duration

  Represents differences in time

  >>> from infotools import timetools
  >>> duration = timetools.Duration('P11DT4H3S')
  'Duration("P1W4DT4H3.0S")'

• Timer

  A simple time with convienient methods for benchmarking functions