Functions

Functions:

get_regex(filepattern[, suppress_warnings])	Returns the regex equivalent of the filepattern.
infer_pattern([path, files, variables, ...])	Returns a guess of a pattern given path to a directory of files or a list of files.

get_regex(filepattern, suppress_warnings=False)

Returns the regex equivalent of the filepattern.

Parameters

• filepattern (str) – A filepattern to get the regex equivalent of.

• suppress_warnings – True to suppress warnings (Defaults False)

Return type

str

Returns

String containing the regex equivalent of the filepattern

infer_pattern(path='', files=[], variables='', block_size='')

Returns a guess of a pattern given path to a directory of files or a list of files.

This function takes in either a path to a directory or a list of filenames to provide a guess of the filepattern. The optional argument variables will provide names for the variables. If variable names are not given, default variable names will be used. If a block_size is specified, this method will only used the specified amount of RAM.

Parameters

• path (str) – The path to a directory of files. Defaults to “”.

• files (list) – A list of files. Defaults to [].

• variables (str) – A string of variables. If an empty string, variable names will be provided. Defaults to “”.

• block_size (str) – An string that specifies a maximum amount of RAM to consume. If “”, no limit will be imposed. Defaults to “”.

Returns

A string that is a guess of the pattern for the supplied filenames.