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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Modified input prompt for entering quantities with units.
Modify the behavior of the interactive interpreter to allow direct input of
quantities with units without having to make a function call.
Now the following forms are accepted:
x = 4 m
y = -.45e3 m/s
g = 9.8 m/s**2
a = 2.3 m/s^2 # ^ -> ** automatically
All other input is processed normally.
"""
#*****************************************************************************
# Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Fernando Perez <fperez@colorado.edu>
#
# Distributed under the terms of the BSD License. The full license is in
# the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
#*****************************************************************************
from IPython import Release
__author__ = '%s <%s>' % Release.authors['Fernando']
__license__ = Release.license
# This file is an example of how to modify IPython's line-processing behavior
# without touching the internal code. We'll define an alternate pre-processing
# stage which allows a special form of input (which is invalid Python syntax)
# for certain quantities, rewrites a line of proper Python in those cases, and
# then passes it off to IPython's normal processor for further work.
# With this kind of customization, IPython can be adapted for many
# special-purpose scenarios providing alternate input syntaxes.
# This file can be imported like a regular module.
# IPython has a prefilter() function that analyzes each input line. We redefine
# it here to first pre-process certain forms of input
# The prototype of any alternate prefilter must be like this one (the name
# doesn't matter):
# - line is a string containing the user input line.
# - continuation is a parameter which tells us if we are processing a first line of
# user input or the second or higher of a multi-line statement.
def prefilter_PQ(self,line,continuation):
"""Alternate prefilter for input of PhysicalQuantityInteractive objects.
This assumes that the function PhysicalQuantityInteractive() has been
imported."""
from re import match
from IPython.iplib import InteractiveShell
# This regexp is what does the real work
unit_split = match(r'\s*(\w+)\s*=\s*(-?\d*\.?\d*[eE]?-?\d*)\s+([a-zA-Z].*)',
line)
# If special input was ecnountered, process it:
if unit_split:
var,val,units = unit_split.groups()
if var and val and units:
units = units.replace('^','**')
# Now a valid line needs to be constructed for IPython to process:
line = var +" = PhysicalQuantityInteractive(" + val + ", '" + \
units + "')"
#print 'New line:',line # dbg
# In the end, always call the default IPython _prefilter() function. Note
# that self must be passed explicitly, b/c we're calling the unbound class
# method (since this method will overwrite the instance prefilter())
return InteractiveShell._prefilter(self,line,continuation)
# Rebind this to be the new IPython prefilter:
from IPython.iplib import InteractiveShell
InteractiveShell.prefilter = prefilter_PQ
# Clean up the namespace.
del InteractiveShell,prefilter_PQ
# Just a heads up at the console
print '*** Simplified input for physical quantities enabled.'