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# Value to string conversion
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import locale
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import re
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locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '') # needed to initialize locale
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##### String parsing
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def clean_numeric(val):
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    '''Removes embedded whitespace, e.g "1, 000".
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    Fixes some OCR errors:
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        Translates "O" (letter O) to "0" (zero).
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    '''
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    return re.sub(r'(?<=[,.]) +', r'', val.replace("O", "0"))
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def str2int(val): return locale.atoi(clean_numeric(val))
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def str2float(val): return locale.atof(clean_numeric(val))
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##### Value formatting
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def format_str(format, val):
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    return locale.format_string(format, val, grouping=True)
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def int2str(val): return format_str('%d', val)
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def float2str(val): return format_str('%f', val)
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def to_percent(val, sig_figs=2):
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    if val >= 1: sig_figs += 1
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    return format_str('%#.'+str(sig_figs)+'g', val*100)+'%'
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def to_si(val, sig_figs=3):
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    '''Adds SI prefix to value'''
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    prefix = ''
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    if val < 1: prefix = 'm'; val *= 1000
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    return format_str('%#.'+str(sig_figs)+'g', val)+' '+prefix
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