Always return a list of strings, given a string or list of strings as input. Examples -------- :: In [7]: list_strings('A single string') Out[7]: ['A single string'] In [8]: list_strings(['A single string in a list']) Out[8]: ['A single string in a
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| 286 | |
| 287 | |
| 288 | def list_strings(arg): |
| 289 | """Always return a list of strings, given a string or list of strings |
| 290 | as input. |
| 291 | |
| 292 | Examples |
| 293 | -------- |
| 294 | :: |
| 295 | |
| 296 | In [7]: list_strings('A single string') |
| 297 | Out[7]: ['A single string'] |
| 298 | |
| 299 | In [8]: list_strings(['A single string in a list']) |
| 300 | Out[8]: ['A single string in a list'] |
| 301 | |
| 302 | In [9]: list_strings(['A','list','of','strings']) |
| 303 | Out[9]: ['A', 'list', 'of', 'strings'] |
| 304 | """ |
| 305 | |
| 306 | if isinstance(arg, str): |
| 307 | return [arg] |
| 308 | else: |
| 309 | return arg |
| 310 | |
| 311 | |
| 312 | def marquee(txt='',width=78,mark='*'): |