colour.utilities.common Module¶

Common Utilities¶

Defines common utilities objects that don”t fall in any specific category.

colour.utilities.common.batch(iterable, k=3)[source]¶

Returns a batch generator from given iterable.

Parameters:	iterable (iterable) – Iterable to create batches from. k (integer) – Batches size.
Returns:	Is string_like variable.
Return type:	bool

Examples

>>> batch(tuple(range(10)))  
<generator object batch at 0x...>

colour.utilities.common.is_scipy_installed(raise_exception=False)[source]¶

Returns if scipy is installed and available.

Parameters:	raise_exception (bool) – Raise exception if scipy is unavailable.
Returns:	Is scipy installed.
Return type:	bool
Raises:	ImportError – If scipy is not installed.

colour.utilities.common.is_string(data)[source]¶

Returns if given data is a string_like variable.

Parameters:	data (object) – Data to test.
Returns:	Is string_like variable.
Return type:	bool

Examples

>>> is_string('I`m a string!')
True
>>> is_string(['I`m a string!'])
False