Utils
Submodules
mischbares.utils.orchestrator_utils module
A collection of functions for working with hdf5 files and generally with orchestrator data.
- mischbares.utils.orchestrator_utils.dict_address(address, dict_keys)[source]
 For a string of dict keys seperated by ‘/’, get the value of d under that series
- Parameters
 address (str) – address of value
dict_keys – dictionary to search
- Returns
 value at address
- Return type
 dict
- mischbares.utils.orchestrator_utils.dict_address_set(address, dict_keys, val)[source]
 For a string of dict keys seperated by ‘/’, set the value of dictionary d at that address to val
- Parameters
 address (str) – address of value
dict_keys (dict) – dictionary to search
val (int) – value to set
- mischbares.utils.orchestrator_utils.hdf5_group_to_dict(h5file, path)[source]
 Take a group from somewhere within an hdf5 file, convert it to a dict, and return it.
- Parameters
 h5file (str) – hdf5 file to read from
path (str) – path to group
- Raises
 ValueError – if the group is not a dictionary
- Returns
 dictionary of group
- Return type
 dict
- mischbares.utils.orchestrator_utils.highest_name(names: list)[source]
 Tke in a list of strings which differ only by an integer, and return the one for which that integer is highest
- Parameters
 names (list) – list of strings
- Returns
 highest name
- Return type
 str
- mischbares.utils.orchestrator_utils.increment_name(name: str)[source]
 Increment the number at the end of a string.
- Parameters
 name (str) – name of file
- Returns
 Incremented name of file
- Return type
 str
- mischbares.utils.orchestrator_utils.paths_in_hdf5(h5path, paths)[source]
 Check if the input path or list of paths are valid for the input hdf5 file.
- Parameters
 h5path (str) – path to hdf5 file
paths (str or list) – path or list of paths to check
- Returns
 True if path is in hdf5, False if not.
- Return type
 bool
- mischbares.utils.orchestrator_utils.recursively_save_dict_contents_to_group(h5file, path, dict_keys)[source]
 Save a dictionary to an hdf5 file.
- Parameters
 h5file (h5py._hl.files.File) – hdf5 file to save to
path (str) – path to save to
dict_keys (dict) – dictionary to save
- mischbares.utils.orchestrator_utils.save_dict_to_hdf5(dict_keys, filename, path='/', mode='w')[source]
 Save a dictionary to an hdf5 file.
- Parameters
 dict (dict) – dictionary to save
filename (str) – name of file
path (str, optional) – path where the hdf5 is saved. Defaults to ‘/’.
mode (str, optional) – mode to open the file. Defaults to ‘w’.
mischbares.utils.utils module
This module defines some utility functions for the MISCHBARES project.
- mischbares.utils.utils.assemble_file_name(*args)[source]
 Assemble a file name from the given arguments :returns: The assembled file name :rtype: str
- mischbares.utils.utils.create_dir(directory)[source]
 Checks if a directory is present, if not creates one at the given location :param directory: Location where the directory should be created :type directory: str
- mischbares.utils.utils.get_nested_value(config, keys)[source]
 Recursively get the value from a nested dictionary using a list of keys.
- Parameters
 config (dict) – The dictionary to search in. keys (list): A list of keys to search for.
- Returns
 The value corresponding to the given keys.
- Raises
 KeyError – If the key is not found in the dictionary.
- mischbares.utils.utils.load_data_as_json(directory, name)[source]
 Load the given data as json :param directory: The directory where the data should be saved :type directory: str :param name: The name of the file :type name: str