"""string helper module"""
import re
class __loader__(object):
pass
def formatter_field_name_split(fieldname):
"""split the argument as a field name"""
_list=[]
for _name in fieldname:
_parts = _name.split('.')
for _item in _parts:
is_attr=False #fix me
if re.match('\d+', _item):
_list.append((int(_item), is_attr))
else:
_list.append((_item, is_attr))
return _list[0][0], iter(_list[1:])
def formatter_parser(*args,**kw):
"""parse the argument as a format string"""
assert len(args)==1
assert isinstance(args[0], str)
_result=[]
for _match in re.finditer("([^{]*)?(\{[^}]*\})?", args[0]):
_pre, _fmt = _match.groups()
if _fmt is None:
_result.append((_pre, None, None, None))
elif _fmt == '{}':
_result.append((_pre, '', '', None))
else:
_m=re.match("\{([^!]*)!?(.*)?\}", _fmt)
_name=_m.groups(0)
_flags=_m.groups(1)
_result.append((_pre, _name, _flags, None))
return _result
