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| # module 'string' -- A collection of string operations
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| 
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| # Warning: most of the code you see here isn't normally used nowadays.
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| # At the end of this file most functions are replaced by built-in
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| # functions imported from built-in module "strop".
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| 
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| """Common string manipulations.
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| 
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| Public module variables:
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| 
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| whitespace -- a string containing all characters considered whitespace
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| lowercase -- a string containing all characters considered lowercase letters
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| uppercase -- a string containing all characters considered uppercase letters
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| letters -- a string containing all characters considered letters
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| digits -- a string containing all characters considered decimal digits
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| hexdigits -- a string containing all characters considered hexadecimal digits
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| octdigits -- a string containing all characters considered octal digits
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| 
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| """
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| 
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| # Some strings for ctype-style character classification
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| whitespace = ' \t\n\r\v\f'
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| lowercase = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
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| uppercase = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
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| letters = lowercase + uppercase
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| digits = '0123456789'
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| hexdigits = digits + 'abcdef' + 'ABCDEF'
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| octdigits = '01234567'
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| 
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| # Case conversion helpers
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| _idmap = ''
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| for i in range(256): _idmap = _idmap + chr(i)
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| _lower = _idmap[:ord('A')] + lowercase + _idmap[ord('Z')+1:]
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| _upper = _idmap[:ord('a')] + uppercase + _idmap[ord('z')+1:]
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| _swapcase = _upper[:ord('A')] + lowercase + _upper[ord('Z')+1:]
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| del i
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| 
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| # Backward compatible names for exceptions
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| index_error = ValueError
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| atoi_error = ValueError
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| atof_error = ValueError
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| atol_error = ValueError
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| 
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| # convert UPPER CASE letters to lower case
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| def lower(s):
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| 	"""lower(s) -> string
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| 
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| 	Return a copy of the string s converted to lowercase.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	res = ''
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| 	for c in s:
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| 		res = res + _lower[ord(c)]
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| 	return res
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| 
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| # Convert lower case letters to UPPER CASE
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| def upper(s):
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| 	"""upper(s) -> string
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| 
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| 	Return a copy of the string s converted to uppercase.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	res = ''
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| 	for c in s:
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| 		res = res + _upper[ord(c)]
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| 	return res
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| 
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| # Swap lower case letters and UPPER CASE
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| def swapcase(s):
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| 	"""swapcase(s) -> string
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| 
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| 	Return a copy of the string s with upper case characters
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| 	converted to lowercase and vice versa.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	res = ''
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| 	for c in s:
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| 		res = res + _swapcase[ord(c)]
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| 	return res
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| 
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| # Strip leading and trailing tabs and spaces
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| def strip(s):
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| 	"""strip(s) -> string
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| 
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| 	Return a copy of the string s with leading and trailing
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| 	whitespace removed.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	i, j = 0, len(s)
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| 	while i < j and s[i] in whitespace: i = i+1
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| 	while i < j and s[j-1] in whitespace: j = j-1
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| 	return s[i:j]
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| 
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| # Strip leading tabs and spaces
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| def lstrip(s):
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| 	"""lstrip(s) -> string
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| 
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| 	Return a copy of the string s with leading whitespace removed.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	i, j = 0, len(s)
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| 	while i < j and s[i] in whitespace: i = i+1
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| 	return s[i:j]
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| 
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| # Strip trailing tabs and spaces
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| def rstrip(s):
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| 	"""rstrip(s) -> string
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| 
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| 	Return a copy of the string s with trailing whitespace
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| 	removed.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	i, j = 0, len(s)
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| 	while i < j and s[j-1] in whitespace: j = j-1
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| 	return s[i:j]
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| 
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| 
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| # Split a string into a list of space/tab-separated words
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| # NB: split(s) is NOT the same as splitfields(s, ' ')!
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| def split(s, sep=None, maxsplit=0):
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| 	"""split(str [,sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings
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| 
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| 	Return a list of the words in the string s, using sep as the
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| 	delimiter string.  If maxsplit is nonzero, splits into at most
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| 	maxsplit words If sep is not specified, any whitespace string
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| 	is a separator.  Maxsplit defaults to 0.
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| 
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| 	(split and splitfields are synonymous)
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	if sep is not None: return splitfields(s, sep, maxsplit)
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| 	res = []
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| 	i, n = 0, len(s)
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| 	if maxsplit <= 0: maxsplit = n
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| 	count = 0
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| 	while i < n:
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| 		while i < n and s[i] in whitespace: i = i+1
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| 		if i == n: break
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| 		if count >= maxsplit:
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| 		    res.append(s[i:])
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| 		    break
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| 		j = i
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| 		while j < n and s[j] not in whitespace: j = j+1
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| 		count = count + 1
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| 		res.append(s[i:j])
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| 		i = j
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| 	return res
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| 
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| # Split a list into fields separated by a given string
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| # NB: splitfields(s, ' ') is NOT the same as split(s)!
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| # splitfields(s, '') returns [s] (in analogy with split() in nawk)
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| def splitfields(s, sep=None, maxsplit=0):
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| 	"""splitfields(str [,sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings
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| 
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| 	Return a list of the words in the string s, using sep as the
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| 	delimiter string.  If maxsplit is nonzero, splits into at most
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| 	maxsplit words If sep is not specified, any whitespace string
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| 	is a separator.  Maxsplit defaults to 0.
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| 
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| 	(split and splitfields are synonymous)
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	if sep is None: return split(s, None, maxsplit)
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| 	res = []
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| 	nsep = len(sep)
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| 	if nsep == 0:
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| 		return [s]
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| 	ns = len(s)
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| 	if maxsplit <= 0: maxsplit = ns
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| 	i = j = 0
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| 	count = 0
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| 	while j+nsep <= ns:
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| 		if s[j:j+nsep] == sep:
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| 			count = count + 1
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| 			res.append(s[i:j])
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| 			i = j = j + nsep
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| 			if count >= maxsplit: break
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| 		else:
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| 			j = j + 1
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| 	res.append(s[i:])
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| 	return res
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| 
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| # Join words with spaces between them
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| def join(words, sep = ' '):
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| 	"""join(list [,sep]) -> string
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| 
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| 	Return a string composed of the words in list, with
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| 	intervening occurences of sep.  Sep defaults to a single
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| 	space.
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| 
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| 	(joinfields and join are synonymous)
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	return joinfields(words, sep)
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| 
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| # Join fields with optional separator
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| def joinfields(words, sep = ' '):
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| 	"""joinfields(list [,sep]) -> string
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| 
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| 	Return a string composed of the words in list, with
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| 	intervening occurences of sep.  The default separator is a
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| 	single space.
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| 
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| 	(joinfields and join are synonymous)
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	res = ''
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| 	for w in words:
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| 		res = res + (sep + w)
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| 	return res[len(sep):]
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| 
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| # Find substring, raise exception if not found
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| def index(s, sub, i = 0, last=None):
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| 	"""index(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> int
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| 
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| 	Return the lowest index in s where substring sub is found,
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| 	such that sub is contained within s[start,end].  Optional
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| 	arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.
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| 
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| 	Raise ValueError if not found.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	if last is None: last = len(s)
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| 	res = find(s, sub, i, last)
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| 	if res < 0:
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| 		raise ValueError, 'substring not found in string.index'
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| 	return res
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| 
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| # Find last substring, raise exception if not found
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| def rindex(s, sub, i = 0, last=None):
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| 	"""rindex(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> int
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| 
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| 	Return the highest index in s where substring sub is found,
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| 	such that sub is contained within s[start,end].  Optional
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| 	arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.
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| 
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| 	Raise ValueError if not found.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	if last is None: last = len(s)
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| 	res = rfind(s, sub, i, last)
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| 	if res < 0:
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| 		raise ValueError, 'substring not found in string.index'
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| 	return res
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| 
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| # Count non-overlapping occurrences of substring
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| def count(s, sub, i = 0, last=None):
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| 	"""count(s, sub[, start[,end]]) -> int
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| 
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| 	Return the number of occurrences of substring sub in string
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| 	s[start:end].  Optional arguments start and end are
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| 	interpreted as in slice notation.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	Slen = len(s)  # cache this value, for speed
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| 	if last is None:
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| 		last = Slen
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| 	elif last < 0:
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| 		last = max(0, last + Slen)
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| 	elif last > Slen:
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| 		last = Slen
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| 	if i < 0: i = max(0, i + Slen)
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| 	n = len(sub)
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| 	m = last + 1 - n
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| 	if n == 0: return m-i
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| 	r = 0
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| 	while i < m:
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| 		if sub == s[i:i+n]:
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| 			r = r+1
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| 			i = i+n
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| 		else:
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| 			i = i+1
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| 	return r
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| 
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| # Find substring, return -1 if not found
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| def find(s, sub, i = 0, last=None):
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| 	"""find(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> in
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| 
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| 	Return the lowest index in s where substring sub is found,
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| 	such that sub is contained within s[start,end].  Optional
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| 	arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.
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| 
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| 	Return -1 on failure.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	Slen = len(s)  # cache this value, for speed
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| 	if last is None:
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| 		last = Slen
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| 	elif last < 0:
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| 		last = max(0, last + Slen)
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| 	elif last > Slen:
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| 		last = Slen
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| 	if i < 0: i = max(0, i + Slen)
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| 	n = len(sub)
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| 	m = last + 1 - n
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| 	while i < m:
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| 		if sub == s[i:i+n]: return i
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| 		i = i+1
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| 	return -1
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| 
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| # Find last substring, return -1 if not found
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| def rfind(s, sub, i = 0, last=None):
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| 	"""rfind(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> int
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| 
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| 	Return the highest index in s where substring sub is found,
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| 	such that sub is contained within s[start,end].  Optional
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| 	arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.
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| 
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| 	Return -1 on failure.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	Slen = len(s)  # cache this value, for speed
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| 	if last is None:
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| 		last = Slen
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| 	elif last < 0:
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| 		last = max(0, last + Slen)
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| 	elif last > Slen:
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| 		last = Slen
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| 	if i < 0: i = max(0, i + Slen)
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| 	n = len(sub)
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| 	m = last + 1 - n
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| 	r = -1
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| 	while i < m:
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| 		if sub == s[i:i+n]: r = i
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| 		i = i+1
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| 	return r
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| 
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| # "Safe" environment for eval()
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| _safe_env = {"__builtins__": {}}
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| 
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| # Convert string to float
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| _re = None
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| def atof(str):
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| 	"""atof(s) -> float
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| 
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| 	Return the floating point number represented by the string s.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	global _re
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| 	if _re is None:
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| 		# Don't fail if re doesn't exist -- just skip the syntax check
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| 		try:
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| 			import re
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| 		except ImportError:
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| 			_re = 0
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| 		else:
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| 			_re = re
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| 	sign = ''
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| 	s = strip(str)
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| 	if s and s[0] in '+-':
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| 		sign = s[0]
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| 		s = s[1:]
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| 	if not s:
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| 		raise ValueError, 'non-float argument to string.atof'
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| 	while s[0] == '0' and len(s) > 1 and s[1] in digits: s = s[1:]
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| 	if _re and not _re.match('[0-9]*(\.[0-9]*)?([eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?$', s):
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| 		raise ValueError, 'non-float argument to string.atof'
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| 	try:
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| 		return float(eval(sign + s, _safe_env))
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| 	except SyntaxError:
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| 		raise ValueError, 'non-float argument to string.atof'
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| 
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| # Convert string to integer
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| def atoi(str, base=10):
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| 	"""atoi(s [,base]) -> int
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| 
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| 	Return the integer represented by the string s in the given
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| 	base, which defaults to 10.  The string s must consist of one
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| 	or more digits, possibly preceded by a sign.  If base is 0, it
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| 	is chosen from the leading characters of s, 0 for octal, 0x or
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| 	0X for hexadecimal.  If base is 16, a preceding 0x or 0X is
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| 	accepted.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	if base != 10:
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| 		# We only get here if strop doesn't define atoi()
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| 		raise ValueError, "this string.atoi doesn't support base != 10"
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| 	sign = ''
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| 	s = strip(str)
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| 	if s and s[0] in '+-':
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| 		sign = s[0]
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| 		s = s[1:]
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| 	if not s:
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| 		raise ValueError, 'non-integer argument to string.atoi'
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| 	while s[0] == '0' and len(s) > 1: s = s[1:]
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| 	for c in s:
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| 		if c not in digits:
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| 			raise ValueError, 'non-integer argument to string.atoi'
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| 	return eval(sign + s, _safe_env)
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| 
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| # Convert string to long integer
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| def atol(str, base=10):
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| 	"""atol(s [,base]) -> long
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| 
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| 	Return the long integer represented by the string s in the
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| 	given base, which defaults to 10.  The string s must consist
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| 	of one or more digits, possibly preceded by a sign.  If base
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| 	is 0, it is chosen from the leading characters of s, 0 for
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| 	octal, 0x or 0X for hexadecimal.  If base is 16, a preceding
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| 	0x or 0X is accepted.  A trailing L or l is not accepted,
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| 	unless base is 0.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	if base != 10:
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| 		# We only get here if strop doesn't define atol()
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| 		raise ValueError, "this string.atol doesn't support base != 10"
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| 	sign = ''
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| 	s = strip(str)
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| 	if s and s[0] in '+-':
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| 		sign = s[0]
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| 		s = s[1:]
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| 	if not s:
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| 		raise ValueError, 'non-integer argument to string.atol'
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| 	while s[0] == '0' and len(s) > 1: s = s[1:]
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| 	for c in s:
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| 		if c not in digits:
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| 			raise ValueError, 'non-integer argument to string.atol'
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| 	return eval(sign + s + 'L', _safe_env)
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| 
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| # Left-justify a string
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| def ljust(s, width):
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| 	"""ljust(s, width) -> string
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| 
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| 	Return a left-justified version of s, in a field of the
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| 	specified width, padded with spaces as needed.  The string is
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| 	never truncated.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	n = width - len(s)
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| 	if n <= 0: return s
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| 	return s + ' '*n
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| 
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| # Right-justify a string
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| def rjust(s, width):
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| 	"""rjust(s, width) -> string
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| 
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| 	Return a right-justified version of s, in a field of the
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| 	specified width, padded with spaces as needed.  The string is
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| 	never truncated.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	n = width - len(s)
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| 	if n <= 0: return s
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| 	return ' '*n + s
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| 
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| # Center a string
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| def center(s, width):
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| 	"""center(s, width) -> string
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| 
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| 	Return a center version of s, in a field of the specified
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| 	width. padded with spaces as needed.  The string is never
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| 	truncated.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	n = width - len(s)
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| 	if n <= 0: return s
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| 	half = n/2
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| 	if n%2 and width%2:
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| 		# This ensures that center(center(s, i), j) = center(s, j)
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| 		half = half+1
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| 	return ' '*half +  s + ' '*(n-half)
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| 
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| # Zero-fill a number, e.g., (12, 3) --> '012' and (-3, 3) --> '-03'
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| # Decadent feature: the argument may be a string or a number
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| # (Use of this is deprecated; it should be a string as with ljust c.s.)
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| def zfill(x, width):
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| 	"""zfill(x, width) -> string
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| 
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| 	Pad a numeric string x with zeros on the left, to fill a field
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| 	of the specified width.  The string x is never truncated.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	if type(x) == type(''): s = x
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| 	else: s = `x`
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| 	n = len(s)
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| 	if n >= width: return s
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| 	sign = ''
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| 	if s[0] in ('-', '+'):
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| 		sign, s = s[0], s[1:]
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| 	return sign + '0'*(width-n) + s
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| 
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| # Expand tabs in a string.
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| # Doesn't take non-printing chars into account, but does understand \n.
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| def expandtabs(s, tabsize=8):
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| 	"""expandtabs(s [,tabsize]) -> string
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| 
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| 	Return a copy of the string s with all tab characters replaced
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| 	by the appropriate number of spaces, depending on the current
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| 	column, and the tabsize (default 8).
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	res = line = ''
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| 	for c in s:
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| 		if c == '\t':
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| 			c = ' '*(tabsize - len(line)%tabsize)
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| 		line = line + c
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| 		if c == '\n':
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| 			res = res + line
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| 			line = ''
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| 	return res + line
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| 
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| # Character translation through look-up table.
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| def translate(s, table, deletions=""):
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| 	"""translate(s,table [,deletechars]) -> string
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| 
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| 	Return a copy of the string s, where all characters occurring
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| 	in the optional argument deletechars are removed, and the
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| 	remaining characters have been mapped through the given
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| 	translation table, which must be a string of length 256.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	if type(table) != type('') or len(table) != 256:
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| 		raise TypeError, \
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| 		      "translation table must be 256 characters long"
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| 	res = ""
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| 	for c in s:
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| 		if c not in deletions:
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| 			res = res + table[ord(c)]
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| 	return res
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| 
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| # Capitalize a string, e.g. "aBc  dEf" -> "Abc  def".
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| def capitalize(s):
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| 	"""capitalize(s) -> string
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| 
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| 	Return a copy of the string s with only its first character
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| 	capitalized.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	return upper(s[:1]) + lower(s[1:])
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| 
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| # Capitalize the words in a string, e.g. " aBc  dEf " -> "Abc Def".
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| # See also regsub.capwords().
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| def capwords(s, sep=None):
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| 	"""capwords(s, [sep]) -> string
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| 
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| 	Split the argument into words using split, capitalize each
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| 	word using capitalize, and join the capitalized words using
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| 	join. Note that this replaces runs of whitespace characters by
 | |
| 	a single space.
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| 
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| 	"""
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| 	return join(map(capitalize, split(s, sep)), sep or ' ')
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| 
 | |
| # Construct a translation string
 | |
| _idmapL = None
 | |
| def maketrans(fromstr, tostr):
 | |
| 	"""maketrans(frm, to) -> string
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| 
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| 	Return a translation table (a string of 256 bytes long)
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| 	suitable for use in string.translate.  The strings frm and to
 | |
| 	must be of the same length.
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| 
 | |
| 	"""
 | |
| 	if len(fromstr) != len(tostr):
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| 		raise ValueError, "maketrans arguments must have same length"
 | |
| 	global _idmapL
 | |
| 	if not _idmapL:
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| 		_idmapL = map(None, _idmap)
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| 	L = _idmapL[:]
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| 	fromstr = map(ord, fromstr)
 | |
| 	for i in range(len(fromstr)):
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| 		L[fromstr[i]] = tostr[i]
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| 	return joinfields(L, "")
 | |
| 
 | |
| # Substring replacement (global)
 | |
| def replace(str, old, new, maxsplit=0):
 | |
| 	"""replace (str, old, new[, maxsplit]) -> string
 | |
| 
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| 	Return a copy of string str with all occurrences of substring
 | |
| 	old replaced by new. If the optional argument maxsplit is
 | |
| 	given, only the first maxsplit occurrences are replaced.
 | |
| 
 | |
| 	"""
 | |
| 	return joinfields(splitfields(str, old, maxsplit), new)
 | |
| 
 | |
| 
 | |
| # Try importing optional built-in module "strop" -- if it exists,
 | |
| # it redefines some string operations that are 100-1000 times faster.
 | |
| # It also defines values for whitespace, lowercase and uppercase
 | |
| # that match <ctype.h>'s definitions.
 | |
| 
 | |
| try:
 | |
| 	from strop import *
 | |
| 	letters = lowercase + uppercase
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| except ImportError:
 | |
| 	pass # Use the original, slow versions
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