28 lines
606 B
Python
28 lines
606 B
Python
"""
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Utilities for string manipulation.
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"""
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def str_to_bool(str):
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"""
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Converts "true" (case-insensitive) to the boolean True.
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Everything else will return False (including None).
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An error will be thrown for non-string input (besides None).
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"""
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return False if str is None else str.lower() == "true"
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def _has_non_ascii_characters(data_string):
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"""
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Check if provided string contains non ascii characters
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:param data_string: str or unicode object
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"""
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try:
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data_string.encode('ascii')
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except UnicodeEncodeError:
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return True
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return False
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