monty.string module¶
Useful additional string functions.
- boxed(msg, ch='=', pad=5)[source]¶
Returns a string in a box
- Parameters:
msg – Input string.
ch – Character used to form the box.
pad – Number of characters ch added before and after msg.
>>> print(boxed("hello", ch="*", pad=2)) *********** ** hello ** ***********
- indent(lines, amount, ch=' ')[source]¶
Indent the lines in a string by padding each one with proper number of pad characters
- list_strings(arg)[source]¶
Always return a list of strings, given a string or list of strings as input.
- Examples:
>>> list_strings('A single string') ['A single string']
>>> list_strings(['A single string in a list']) ['A single string in a list']
>>> list_strings(['A','list','of','strings']) ['A', 'list', 'of', 'strings']
- make_banner(s, width=78, mark='*')[source]¶
- Parameters:
s – String
width – Width of banner. Defaults to 78.
mark – The mark used to create the banner.
- Returns:
Banner string.
- marquee(text='', width=78, mark='*')[source]¶
Return the input string centered in a ‘marquee’.
- Parameters:
text (str) – Input string
width (int) – Width of final output string.
mark (str) – Character used to fill string.
- Examples:
>>> marquee('A test', width=40) '**************** A test ****************'
>>> marquee('A test', width=40, mark='-') '---------------- A test ----------------'
marquee(‘A test’,40, ‘ ‘) ‘ A test ‘