Python Custom Library

Logan Halstrom
30 SEP 2015

Custom library for general python processes including enhanced plotting, file manipulation, aerodyanmics calculations, etc.

Changelog:

• Originally called python and stored in ~/lib
• Renamed to mypylib and stored in ~/lib/python

Code

• lutil.py - Python Utilities
  • Shell command interfacing (cmd)
  • Text manipulation with regex (FindBetween, etc)
  • Directory managment (MakeOutputDir)
• lplot.py - Custom Python Plotting Library
  • Functions for creating matplotlib plots with better defaults
  • Option to include some seaborn features
  • Custom color palette
  • Better default matplotlib text sizes
• units.py - Unit Conversion and Tracking
  • Provides simple unit conversions
  • Also provides class-based method for tracking units for a dataset and batch-converting between systems
  • unitconvert.py is a depricated version of this
• fileCleanUp.py
  • Dataset file size reduction fuctions
  • Delete intervals of save files (e.g. downselect save frequency)
• aero.py - General Aerodynamics Calculations
  • Nondimensional parameters
  • Coordiante rotations
  • Isentropic flow relations
• cdat2pandas.py
  • Convert between pandas dataframe objects and cdat objects