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Members

• abs
• all
• any
• bool
• dict
• dir
• enumerate
• fail
• float
• getattr
• hasattr
• hash
• int
• len
• list
• max
• min
• print
• range
• repr
• reversed
• set
• sorted
• str
• tuple
• type
• zip

abs

unknown abs(x)

Returns the absolute value of a number (a non-negative number with the same magnitude).

abs(-2.3) == 2.3

Parameters

Parameter	Description
x	int; or float; required A number (int or float)

all

bool all(elements)

Returns true if all elements evaluate to True or if the collection is empty. Elements are converted to boolean using the bool function.

all(["hello", 3, True]) == True
all([-1, 0, 1]) == False

Parameters

Parameter	Description
elements	required A string or a collection of elements.

any

bool any(elements)

Returns true if at least one element evaluates to True. Elements are converted to boolean using the bool function.

any([-1, 0, 1]) == True
any([False, 0, ""]) == False

Parameters

Parameter	Description
elements	required A string or a collection of elements.

bool

bool bool(x=False)

Constructor for the bool type. It returns False if the object is None, False, an empty string (""), the number 0, or an empty collection (e.g. (), []). Otherwise, it returns True.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
x	default is False The variable to convert.

dict

dict dict(pairs=[], **kwargs)

Creates a dictionary from an optional positional argument and an optional set of keyword arguments. In the case where the same key is given multiple times, the last value will be used. Entries supplied via keyword arguments are considered to come after entries supplied via the positional argument.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
pairs	default is [] A dict, or an iterable whose elements are each of length 2 (key, value).
kwargs	required Dictionary of additional entries.

dir

list dir(x)

Returns a list of strings: the names of the attributes and methods of the parameter object.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
x	required The object to check.

enumerate

list enumerate(list, start=0)

Returns a list of pairs (two-element tuples), with the index (int) and the item from the input sequence.

enumerate([24, 21, 84]) == [(0, 24), (1, 21), (2, 84)]

Parameters

Parameter	Description
list	required input sequence.
start	int; default is 0 start index.

fail

None fail(msg=None, attr=None, sep=" ", *args)

Causes execution to fail with an error.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
msg	default is None Deprecated: use positional arguments instead. This argument acts like an implicit leading positional argument.
attr	string; or None; default is None Deprecated. Causes an optional prefix containing this string to be added to the error message.
sep	string; default is " " The separator string between the objects, default is space (” ”).
args	required A list of values, formatted with debugPrint (which is equivalent to str by default) and joined with sep (defaults to ” ”), that appear in the error message.

float

float float(x=unbound)

Returns x as a float value.

• If x is already a float, float returns it unchanged.* If x is a bool, float returns 1.0 for True and 0.0 for False.* If x is an int, float returns the nearest finite floating-point value to x, or an error if the magnitude is too large.* If x is a string, it must be a valid floating-point literal, or be equal (ignoring case) to NaN, Inf, or Infinity, optionally preceded by a + or - sign.

Any other value causes an error. With no argument, float() returns 0.0.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
x	default is unbound The value to convert.

getattr

unknown getattr(x, name, default=unbound)

Returns the struct’s field of the given name if it exists. If not, it either returns default (if specified) or raises an error. getattr(x, "foobar") is equivalent to x.foobar.

getattr(ctx.attr, "myattr")
getattr(ctx.attr, "myattr", "mydefault")

Parameters

Parameter	Description
x	required The struct whose attribute is accessed.
name	string; required The name of the struct attribute.
default	default is unbound The default value to return in case the struct doesn’t have an attribute of the given name.

hasattr

bool hasattr(x, name)

Returns True if the object x has an attribute or method of the given name, otherwise False. Example:

hasattr(ctx.attr, "myattr")

Parameters

Parameter	Description
x	required
name	string; required The name of the attribute.

hash

int hash(value)

Return a hash value for a string. This is computed deterministically using the same algorithm as Java’s String.hashCode(), namely:

s[0] * (31^(n-1)) + s[1] * (31^(n-2)) + ... + s[n-1]

Hashing of values besides strings is not currently supported.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
value	string; required String value to hash.

int

int int(x, base=unbound)

Returns x as an int value.

• If x is already an int, int returns it unchanged.* If x is a bool, int returns 1 for True and 0 for False.* If x is a string, it must have the format <sign><prefix><digits>. <sign> is either "+", "-", or empty (interpreted as positive). <digits> are a sequence of digits from 0 up to base - 1, where the letters a-z (or equivalently, A-Z) are used as digits for 10-35. In the case where base is 2/8/16, <prefix> is optional and may be 0b/0o/0x (or equivalently, 0B/0O/0X) respectively; if the base is any other value besides these bases or the special value 0, the prefix must be empty. In the case where base is 0, the string is interpreted as an integer literal, in the sense that one of the bases 2/8/10/16 is chosen depending on which prefix if any is used. If base is 0, no prefix is used, and there is more than one digit, the leading digit cannot be 0; this is to avoid confusion between octal and decimal. The magnitude of the number represented by the string must be within the allowed range for the int type.* If x is a float, int returns the integer value of the float, rounding towards zero. It is an error if x is non-finite (NaN or infinity).

This function fails if x is any other type, or if the value is a string not satisfying the above format. Unlike Python’s int function, this function does not allow zero arguments, and does not allow extraneous whitespace for string arguments.

Examples:

int("123") == 123
int("-123") == -123
int("+123") == 123
int("FF", 16) == 255
int("0xFF", 16) == 255
int("10", 0) == 10
int("-0x10", 0) == -16
int("-0x10", 0) == -16
int("123.456") == 123

Parameters

Parameter	Description
x	required The string to convert.
base	default is unbound The base used to interpret a string value; defaults to 10. Must be between 2 and 36 (inclusive), or 0 to detect the base as if x were an integer literal. This parameter must not be supplied if the value is not a string.

len

int len(x)

Returns the length of a string, sequence (such as a list or tuple), dict, set, or other iterable.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
x	required The value whose length to report.

list

list list(x=[])

Returns a new list with the same elements as the given iterable value.

list([1, 2]) == [1, 2]
list((2, 3, 2)) == [2, 3, 2]
list({5: "a", 2: "b", 4: "c"}) == [5, 2, 4]

Parameters

Parameter	Description
x	iterable; default is [] The object to convert.

max

unknown max(key=None, *args)

Returns the largest one of all given arguments. If only one positional argument is provided, it must be a non-empty iterable.It is an error if elements are not comparable (for example int with string), or if no arguments are given.

max(2, 5, 4) == 5
max([5, 6, 3]) == 6
max("two", "three", "four", key = len) =="three"  # the longest
max([1, -1, -2, 2], key = abs) == -2  # the first encountered with maximal key value

Parameters

Parameter	Description
key	callable; or None; default is None An optional function applied to each element before comparison.
args	required The elements to be checked.

min

unknown min(key=None, *args)

Returns the smallest one of all given arguments. If only one positional argument is provided, it must be a non-empty iterable. It is an error if elements are not comparable (for example int with string), or if no arguments are given.

min(2, 5, 4) == 2
min([5, 6, 3]) == 3
min("six", "three", "four", key = len) == "six"  # the shortest
min([2, -2, -1, 1], key = abs) == -1  # the first encountered with minimal key value

Parameters

Parameter	Description
key	callable; or None; default is None An optional function applied to each element before comparison.
args	required The elements to be checked.

print

None print(sep=" ", *args)

Prints args as debug output. It will be prefixed with the string "DEBUG" and the location (file and line number) of this call. The exact way in which the arguments are converted to strings is unspecified and may change at any time. In particular, it may be different from (and more detailed than) the formatting done by str() and repr().

Using print in production code is discouraged due to the spam it creates for users. For deprecations, prefer a hard error using fail() whenever possible.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
sep	string; default is " " The separator string between the objects, default is space (” ”).
args	required The objects to print.

range

sequence range(start_or_stop, stop_or_none=None, step=1)

Creates a list where items go from start to stop, using a step increment. If a single argument is provided, items will range from 0 to that element.

range(4) == [0, 1, 2, 3]
range(3, 9, 2) == [3, 5, 7]
range(3, 0, -1) == [3, 2, 1]

Parameters

Parameter	Description
start_or_stop	int; required Value of the start element if stop is provided, otherwise value of stop and the actual start is 0
stop_or_none	int; or None; default is None optional index of the first item not to be included in the resulting list; generation of the list stops before stop is reached.
step	int; default is 1 The increment (default is 1). It may be negative.

repr

string repr(x)

Converts any object to a string representation. This is useful for debugging.

repr("ab") == '"ab"'

Parameters

Parameter	Description
x	required

reversed

list reversed(sequence)

Returns a new, unfrozen list that contains the elements of the original iterable sequence in reversed order.

reversed([3, 5, 4]) == [4, 5, 3]

Parameters

Parameter	Description
sequence	iterable; required The iterable sequence (e.g. list) to be reversed.

set

set set(elements=[])

Creates a new set containing the unique elements of a given iterable, preserving iteration order.

If called with no argument, set() returns a new empty set.

For example,

set()                          # an empty set
set([3, 1, 1, 2])              # set([3, 1, 2]), a set of three elements
set({"k1": "v1", "k2": "v2"})  # set(["k1", "k2"]), a set of two elements

Parameters

Parameter	Description
elements	default is [] A set, a sequence of hashable values, or a dict.

sorted

list sorted(iterable, key=None, *, reverse=False)

Returns a new sorted list containing all the elements of the supplied iterable sequence. An error may occur if any pair of elements x, y may not be compared using x < y. The elements are sorted into ascending order, unless the reverse argument is True, in which case the order is descending. Sorting is stable: elements that compare equal retain their original relative order.

sorted([3, 5, 4]) == [3, 4, 5]
sorted([3, 5, 4], reverse = True) == [5, 4, 3]
sorted(["two", "three", "four"], key = len) == ["two", "four", "three"]  # sort by length

Parameters

Parameter	Description
iterable	iterable; required The iterable sequence to sort.
key	callable; or None; default is None An optional function applied to each element before comparison.
reverse	bool; default is False Return results in descending order.

str

string str(x)

Converts any object to string. This is useful for debugging.

str("ab") == "ab"
str(8) == "8"

Parameters

Parameter	Description
x	required The object to convert.

tuple

tuple tuple(x=())

Returns a tuple with the same elements as the given iterable value.

tuple([1, 2]) == (1, 2)
tuple((2, 3, 2)) == (2, 3, 2)
tuple({5: "a", 2: "b", 4: "c"}) == (5, 2, 4)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
x	iterable; default is () The object to convert.

type

string type(x)

Returns the type name of its argument. This is useful for debugging and type-checking. Examples:

type(2) == "int"
type([1]) == "list"
type(struct(a = 2)) == "struct"

This function might change in the future. To write Python-compatible code and be future-proof, use it only to compare return values:

if type(x) == type([]):  # if x is a list

Parameters

Parameter	Description
x	required The object to check type of.

zip

list zip(*args)

Returns a list of tuples, where the i-th tuple contains the i-th element from each of the argument sequences or iterables. The list has the size of the shortest input. With a single iterable argument, it returns a list of 1-tuples. With no arguments, it returns an empty list. Examples:

zip()  # == []
zip([1, 2])  # == [(1,), (2,)]
zip([1, 2], [3, 4])  # == [(1, 3), (2, 4)]
zip([1, 2], [3, 4, 5])  # == [(1, 3), (2, 4)]

Parameters

Parameter	Description
args	required lists to zip.