qarbon.util

Helper functions.

Functions

isSequence	Determines if the given object is a sequence.
isString	Determines if the given object is a string.
moduleDirectory	Returns the location of a given module.
moduleImport	Import module, returning the module after the last dot.

qarbon.util.isString(obj)

Determines if the given object is a string.

Parameters:obj (object) – the object to be analysed Returns:True if the given object is a string or False otherwise Return type:bool

qarbon.util.isSequence(obj, inc_string=False)

Determines if the given object is a sequence.

Parameters:

• obj (object) – the object to be analysed
• inc_string (bool) – if False, exclude str/unicode objects from the list of possible sequence objects

Returns:

True if the given object is a sequence or False otherwise

Return type:

bool

qarbon.util.moduleImport(name)

Import module, returning the module after the last dot.

Parameters:name (str) – name of the module to be imported Returns:the imported module Return type:module

qarbon.util.moduleDirectory(module)

Returns the location of a given module.

Parameters:module (module) – the module object Returns:the directory where the module is located Return type:str