Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: Rangeforce
Version: 1.0.0
Summary: Developer-friendly range checks with user-friendly error messages
Home-page: https://github.com/TheMatjaz/Rangeforce
Author: Matjaž Guštin
Author-email: dev@matjaz.it
License: BSD
Description: Rangeforce: developer-friendly range checks with user-friendly error messages
        ===============================================================================
        
        
        Ever had to write the same old `if value < 0` bit of Python code to validate
        a user input? Tired of not understandable error messages like 
        _"Illegal value"_?
         
        _Rangeforce_ is a very simple module offering multiple functions checking
        the range of values, including integers or floats, or lengths of structures 
        like strings or lists. It does so in one line of code while providing an 
        understandable error message that can be displayed directly to the user.
        
        ```python
        def classic_approach():
            value = int(input('How many hours do you sleep per day? '))
            if value < 0:
                raise ValueError('Hours of sleep must be positive')
            elif value > 24:
                raise ValueError('Hours of sleep must be max 24')
            else:
                return value
        
        # Same code, but simplified using Rangeforce
        import rangeforce as rf
        
        def with_rangeforce():
            value = int(input('How many hours do you sleep per day? '))
            return rf.limited(value, 0, 24, 'Hours of sleep')  # Magically in 1 line
        ```
        
        
        Features
        ----------------------------------------
        
        - Validate that a value is within a [min, max] interval
          - Including case when min is -infinity and max is +infinity
          - Optional enforcing of the type (e.g. the value must be a float)
        - Functions to validate that a value is an unsigned/signed integer
          that fits into 8/16/32/64 bits, as the C data types
        - Functions to validate positive, negative, non-positive, non-negative integers
        - Validation of the length of an object, either within a [min, max] interval
          or exact length
        - Utility function to clip (limit) a value to fit within a range 
        - Customizable name of the variable under validation for the error message 
        
        
        
        Installation
        ----------------------------------------
        
        ```bash
        pip install Rangeforce
        ```
        
        or just include the `rangeforce.py` file in your project (copy-paste).
        
        
        
        Example usage
        ----------------------------------------
        
        ```python
        import rangeforce as rf
        
        value = rf.limited(8000, 20, 5000, dtype=int)
        # If successful, value will held 8000, otherwise (as it would happen in this
        # example) raises a rangeforce.RangeError with a useful message:
        # "Value must be in range [20, 5000]. 8000 found instead."
        # Can be also shown directly to the user:
        
        try:
            value = rf.limited(8000, 20, 5000, dtype=int)
        except rf.RangeError as error:
            print(str(error))
        
        # A missing bound (min or max) means unbounded
        value = rf.limited(2000.0, None, 5000.0, dtype=float)
        # Value must be <= 5000 but can be as small as it gets, including negative
        
        
        # Especially useful in setters to validate the input in one line
        class FullHdPicturesPixel(object):
            def __init__(self, x, y):
                self._x = None
                self._y = None
                self.x = x
                self.y = y
            
            @property
            def x(self):
                return self._x
            
            @x.setter
            def x(self, new_x):
                self._x = rf.limited(new_x, 0, 1920, 'The X pixel coordinate', int)
            
            @property
            def y(self):
                return self._y
            
            @y.setter
            def y(self, new_y):
                self._y = rf.limited(new_y, 0, 1080, 'The Y pixel coordinate', int)
                
        pixel = FullHdPicturesPixel(10, 2000)
        # This raises a RangeError with the message:
        # "The Y pixel coordinate must be in range [0, 1080]. 2000 found instead."
        
        
        # Operating with C-like data structures and binary data?
        # These functions might come in handy!
        value = rf.int8(20) 
        value = rf.int16(20) 
        value = rf.int32(20) 
        value = rf.int64(20)
        value = rf.uint8(20) 
        value = rf.uint16(20) 
        value = rf.uint32(20) 
        value = rf.uint64(20)
        
        # Customize the name of the variable:
        distance = rf.uint8(-3, 'Distance')
        # This raises a RangeError with the message:
        # "Distance must be in range [0, 255]. -3 found instead."
        
        # To check the length range of anything (e.g. a list or bytes):
        value = rf.limited_len([1, 2, 3], 2, 7) # 'value' will hold [1, 2, 3]
        
        # If you need an exact length, do it like this
        pair = rf.exact_len([10, 20, 30], 2, name='pair of values')
        # This raises a RangeError with the message:
        # "Length of pair of values must be exactly 2. 3 found instead.
        ```
        
Keywords: range,domain,limited,validation,user-input,friendly,understandable
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
Requires-Python: >=3
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