This package contains many helper functions to manipulate strings.
Read the fabulous doc here
To install:
pip install pystrext
Usage:
>>> import pystrext as strext
>>> h,m,s = strext.extracts('elapse time : 5h 7m 36s','(\d+)h (\d+)m (\d+)s',['0']*3)
>>> h,m,s
('5', '7', '36')
>>> print strext.no_one_many(0,"No item","One item","%(n)s items")
No item
>>> print strext.no_one_many(1,"No item","One item","%(n)s items")
One item
>>> print strext.no_one_many(36,"No item","One item","%(n)s items")
36 items
... more functions available : read the doc