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# monty.string module
Useful additional string functions.
## monty.string.boxed(msg, ch=’=’, pad=5)
Returns a string in a box
* **Parameters**
* **msg** – Input string.
* **ch** – Character used to form the box.
* **pad** – Number of characters ch added before and after msg.
```python
>>> print(boxed("hello", ch="*", pad=2))
***********
** hello **
***********
```
## monty.string.indent(lines, amount, ch=’ ‘)
Indent the lines in a string by padding each one with proper number of pad
characters
## monty.string.is_string(s)
True if s behaves like a string (duck typing test).
## monty.string.list_strings(arg)
Always return a list of strings, given a string or list of strings as
input.
* **Examples**
```python
>>> list_strings('A single string')
['A single string']
```
```python
>>> list_strings(['A single string in a list'])
['A single string in a list']
```
```python
>>> list_strings(['A','list','of','strings'])
['A', 'list', 'of', 'strings']
```
## monty.string.make_banner(s, width=78, mark=’\*’)
* **Parameters**
* **s** – String
* **width** – Width of banner. Defaults to 78.
* **mark** – The mark used to create the banner.
* **Returns**
Banner string.
## monty.string.marquee(text=’’, width=78, mark=’\*’)
Return the input string centered in a ‘marquee’.
* **Parameters**
* **text** (*str*) – Input string
* **width** (*int*) – Width of final output string.
* **mark** (*str*) – Character used to fill string.
* **Examples**
```python
>>> marquee('A test', width=40)
'**************** A test ****************'
```
```python
>>> marquee('A test', width=40, mark='-')
'---------------- A test ----------------'
```
marquee(‘A test’,40, ‘ ‘)
‘ A test ‘
## monty.string.remove_non_ascii(s)
Remove non-ascii characters in a file. Needed when support for non-ASCII
is not available.
* **Parameters**
**s** (*str*) – Input string
* **Returns**
String with all non-ascii characters removed.
## monty.string.unicode2str(s)
Forces a unicode to a string in Python 2, but transparently handles
Python 3.
* **Parameters**
**s** (*str/unicode*) – Input string / unicode.
* **Returns**
str in Python 2. Unchanged otherwise.
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