This class contains a collection of static methods for various backend-ish uses.
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This class contains a collection of static methods for various backend-ish uses.
This class should never be instantiated. Similar UI tools should go in the UIUtils (utils.ui_utils.py) class.
Definition at line 10 of file backend_utils.py.
| def utils.backend_utils.BackendUtils._get_date_val |
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Converts a date (string) to an integer that's suitable for comparison.
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| date_str | (string) date string in the form 'mm/dd/yyyy', followed by an optional space and 'hh:mm' |
- Returns
- (int) an integer representing this date - safe to use for comparing dates
Definition at line 103 of file backend_utils.py.
| def utils.backend_utils.BackendUtils.break_time |
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Spilts a given time duration (expressed in seconds) into hours, minutes, and seconds.
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| total_sec | (int/float) an amount of time, expressed in seconds |
- Returns
- (int, int, int/float) three values representing hours, minutes (< 60), seconds (< 60)
Definition at line 39 of file backend_utils.py.
| def utils.backend_utils.BackendUtils.get_time_str |
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total_sec, |
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pad_hour_min = True, |
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show_hours = True, |
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show_decimals = True |
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Creates a formatted string (suitable for display) from a given time duration (expressed in seconds)
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| total_sec | (int/float) an amount of time, expressed in seconds |
| pad_hour_min | (boolean=True) Set whether or not to zero-pad hours and minutes placeholders (seconds are always zero-padded) |
| show_hours | (boolean=True) Set whether or not to show hours placeholder |
| show_decimals | (boolean=True) Set whether or not to show seconds decimal places (if not, seconds are truncated - not rounded!) |
- Returns
- (string) a string in the format 'hh:mm:ss.ss'
Definition at line 58 of file backend_utils.py.
| def utils.backend_utils.BackendUtils.get_word_count |
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text | ) |
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Counts the number of words in a string.
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| text | (string) the string to operate upon. |
- Returns
- (int) number of words in the string. Hyphens and apostrophies will be converted to spaces before the count is performed, so contractions or hyphenated expressions will count as multiple words (e.g. "can't" => "can t" = 2 words).
Definition at line 29 of file backend_utils.py.
| def utils.backend_utils.BackendUtils.is_float |
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Checks if a given string contains a float.
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| num_str | (string) the string to check |
- Returns
- (boolean) True if num_str contains a float, False otherwise
Definition at line 118 of file backend_utils.py.
| def utils.backend_utils.BackendUtils.pad_num_str |
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Accepts a string (containing only digits), and prefixes it with a zero if it is < 10.
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| num_str | (string) an integer in string form |
- Returns
- (string) if num_str contains an integer that is less than 10, returns a new string that is num_str prefixed with a zero; otherwise returns num_str
Definition at line 96 of file backend_utils.py.
| def utils.backend_utils.BackendUtils.setup_logging |
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Sets up logging for an application.
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| full_log_filename | (string) Full path to the log file to use - if the file does not exist, it will be created. |
Definition at line 14 of file backend_utils.py.
| def utils.backend_utils.BackendUtils.time_str_to_float |
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time_str | ) |
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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:
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