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# String manipulation
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import re
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import util
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def to_unicode(str_):
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    if isinstance(str_, unicode): return str_
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    encodings = ['utf_8', 'latin_1']
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    for encoding in encodings:
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        try: return unicode(str_, encoding)
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        except UnicodeDecodeError, e: pass
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    raise AssertionError(encoding+' is not a catch-all encoding')
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def ustr(val):
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    '''Like built-in str() but converts to unicode object'''
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    if not util.is_str(val): val = str(val)
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    return to_unicode(val)
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def ensure_newl(str_): return str_.rstrip()+'\n'
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def is_multiline(str_):
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    newl_idx = str_.find('\n')
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    return newl_idx >= 0 and newl_idx != len(str_)-1 # has newline before end
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def remove_extra_newl(str_):
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    if is_multiline(str_): return str_
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    else: return str_.rstrip()
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def std_newl(str_): return str_.replace('\r\n', '\n').replace('\r', '\n')
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def cleanup(str_): return std_newl(str_.strip())
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def one_line(str_): return re.sub(r'\n *', r' ', cleanup(str_))