Drummond of Megginch Tartan thread counts

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Given thread counts produce table

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test = "R14 DB2 R4 DB4 R70 LB4 R4 DB20 R4 G4 R4 G74 R6 DB4 R12"

import re

PATTERN = re.compile("([a-zA-Z]*)(\d*)")

def split_thread(threadcount):
 """Given a thread count such as R14, will split to R and integer 14"""
 match = re.search(PATTERN, threadcount)
 if match:
 return match.group(1),match.group(2)
 return threadcount,""
 

class Stripe:
 def __init__(self, short_colour, count):
 self.short_colour = short_colour
 self.count = int(count)

 def __str__(self):
 return f"{self.short_colour}{self.count}"

class Tartan:
 def __init__(self):
 self.stripes = []
 
 @classmethod
 def from_space_threadcount(cls, threadcount):
 tartan = cls()
 threads = threadcount.split(" ")
 for thread in threads:
 colour,count = split_thread(thread)
 tartan.stripes.append(Stripe(colour, count))
 return tartan

 def __str__(self):
 s= ""
 for stripe in self.stripes:
 s += f"{stripe} "
 return s

 @property
 def threadcount(self):
 tc = 0
 for stripe in self.stripes:
 tc += stripe.count
 return tc

a = Tartan.from_space_threadcount(test)
print(f"Pattern = {a}")
print(f"Num threads = {a.threadcount}")

Pattern = R14 DB2 R4 DB4 R70 LB4 R4 DB20 R4 G4 R4 G74 R6 DB4 R12 
Num threads = 230

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