Fileseq Python API

fileseq module

A Python library for parsing frame ranges and file sequences commonly used in VFX and Animation applications.

The MIT License (MIT)

Original work Copyright (c) 2015 Matthew Chambers

Modified work Copyright 2015 Justin Israel

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Frame Range Shorthand

Support for:

  • Standard: 1-10
  • Comma Delimited: 1-10,10-20
  • Chunked: 1-100x5
  • Filled: 1-100y5
  • Staggered: 1-100:3 (1-100x3, 1-100x2, 1-100)
  • Negative frame numbers: -10-100
  • Subframes: 1001-1066x0.25
  • Padding: #=4 padded, @=single pad
  • Printf Syntax Padding: %04d=4 padded, %01d=1 padded
  • Houdini Syntax Padding: $F4=4 padding, $F=1 padded

FrameSets

A FrameSet wraps a sequence of frames in a list list container.

Iterate a FrameSet

>>> fs = FrameSet("1-5")
>>> for f in fs:
...     print(f)
1
2
3
4
5

Access Frames Using Indices

>>> fs = FrameSet("1-100:8")
>>> fs[0] # First frame.
1
>>> fs[-1] # Last frame.
98

Access Frames Using Convenience Methods:

>>> fs = FrameSet("1-100:8")
>>> fs.start() # First frame.
1
>>> fs.end() # Last frame.
98

FileSequence

A FileSequence is a container representing a filepath over a range of frames

Instantiate from string

>>> FileSequence("/foo/bar.1-10#.exr")
<FileSequence: '/foo/bar.1-10#.exr'>

Format Path for VFX Software

Using FileSequence.format Method

>>> seq = FileSequence("/foo/bar.1-10#.exr")
>>> seq.format(template='{dirname}{basename}{padding}{extension}')
'/foo/bar.#.exr'
>>> seq = FileSequence("/foo/bar.1-10#.#.exr", allow_subframes=True)
>>> seq.format(template='{dirname}{basename}{padding}{extension}')
'/foo/bar.#.#.exr'

Joining

>>> seq = FileSequence("/foo/bar.1-10#.exr")
>>> seq.setPadding('%02d')
>>> seq
<FileSequence: '/foo/bar.1-10%02d.exr'>
>>> seq.format(template='{dirname}{basename}{padding}{extension}')
'/foo/bar.%02d.exr'

Get List of File Paths

>>> seq = FileSequence("/foo/bar.1-5#.exr")
>>> list(seq)
['/foo/bar.0001.exr',
 '/foo/bar.0002.exr',
 '/foo/bar.0003.exr',
 '/foo/bar.0004.exr',
 '/foo/bar.0005.exr']
>>> [seq[idx] for idx, fr in enumerate(seq.frameSet())]
['/foo/bar.0001.exr',
 '/foo/bar.0002.exr',
 '/foo/bar.0003.exr',
 '/foo/bar.0004.exr',
 '/foo/bar.0005.exr']

Finding Sequences on Disk

Check a Directory for All Existing Sequences

>>> seqs = findSequencesOnDisk("/show/shot/renders/bty_foo/v1")

Check a Directory for One Existing Sequence

  • Use a ‘@’ or ‘#’ where you might expect to use ‘*’ for a wildcard character.
  • For this method, it doesn’t matter how many instances of the padding character you use, it will still find your sequence (unless enabling strict padding option).

Yes:

findSequenceOnDisk('/foo/bar.@.exr')

Yes:

findSequenceOnDisk('/foo/bar.@@@@@.exr')

No:

findSequenceOnDisk('/foo/bar.*.exr')
  • To find subframe sequences you must explicitly opt-in
fileseq.findSequenceOnDisk('/foo/bar.#.#.exr', allow_subframes=True)

fileseq.exceptions module

exceptions - Exception subclasses relevant to fileseq operations.

exception fileseq.exceptions.FileSeqException[source]

Bases: exceptions.ValueError

Thrown for general exceptions handled by FileSeq.

exception fileseq.exceptions.MaxSizeException[source]

Bases: exceptions.ValueError

Thrown when a range exceeds allowable size.

exception fileseq.exceptions.ParseException[source]

Bases: fileseq.exceptions.FileSeqException

Thrown after a frame range or file sequence parse error.

fileseq.filesequence module

filesequence - A parsing object representing sequential files for fileseq.

class fileseq.filesequence.FileSequence(sequence, pad_style=<PAD_STYLE: HASH4>, allow_subframes=False)[source]

Bases: future.types.newobject.newobject

FileSequence represents an ordered sequence of files.

Parameters:

sequence (str) – (ie: dir/path.1-100#.ext)

Returns:

Return type:

FileSequence

Raises:
DISK_RE = <_sre.SRE_Pattern object>
DISK_SUB_RE = <_sre.SRE_Pattern object>
PAD_MAP = {'#': {<PAD_STYLE: HASH1>: 1, <PAD_STYLE: HASH4>: 4}, '@': {<PAD_STYLE: HASH1>: 1, <PAD_STYLE: HASH4>: 1}}
REVERSE_PAD_MAP = {<PAD_STYLE: HASH1>: {1: '#'}, <PAD_STYLE: HASH4>: {1: '@', 4: '#'}}
SPLIT_RE = <_sre.SRE_Pattern object>
SPLIT_SUB_RE = <_sre.SRE_Pattern object>
__getitem__(idx)[source]

Allows indexing and slicing into the underlying FrameSet

When indexing, a string filepath is returns for the frame.

When slicing, a new FileSequence is returned. Slicing outside the range of the sequence results in an IndexError

Parameters:idx (int or slice) – the desired index
Returns:
Return type:str or FileSequence
Raises:IndexError – If slice is outside the range of the sequence
__iter__()[source]

Allow iteration over the path or paths this FileSequence represents.

Yields:FileSequence
__len__()[source]

The length (number of files) represented by this FileSequence.

Returns:
Return type:int
basename()[source]

Return the basename of the sequence.

Returns:sequence basename
Return type:str
classmethod conformPadding(chars, pad_style=<PAD_STYLE: HASH4>)[source]

Ensure alternate input padding formats are conformed to formats defined in PAD_MAP

If chars is already a format defined in PAD_MAP, then it is returned unmodified.

Example::
‘#’ -> ‘#’ ‘@@@@’ -> ‘@@@@’ ‘%04d’ -> ‘#’
Parameters:
  • chars (str) – input padding chars
  • pad_style (.PAD_STYLE_DEFAULT or .PAD_STYLE_HASH1 or .PAD_STYLE_HASH4) – padding style
Returns:

conformed padding chars

Return type:

str

Raises:

ValueError – If chars contains invalid padding characters

copy()[source]

Create a deep copy of this sequence

Returns:
Return type:FileSequence
decimalPlaces()[source]

Returns the number of decimal places to output.

Returns:
Return type:int or None
dirname()[source]

Return the directory name of the sequence.

Returns:
Return type:str
end()[source]

Returns the end frame of the sequences FrameSet. Will return 0 if the sequence has no frame pattern.

Returns:
Return type:int
extension()[source]

Return the file extension of the sequence, including leading period.

Returns:
Return type:str
classmethod findSequenceOnDisk(pattern, strictPadding=False, pad_style=<PAD_STYLE: HASH4>, allow_subframes=False)[source]

Search for a specific sequence on disk.

The padding characters used in the pattern are used to filter the frame values of the files on disk (if strictPadding is True).

Examples

Find sequence matching basename and extension, and a wildcard for any frame. returns bar.1.exr bar.10.exr, bar.100.exr, bar.1000.exr, inclusive

FileSequence.findSequenceOnDisk("seq/bar@@@@.exr")

Find exactly 4-padded sequence, i.e. seq/bar1-100#.exr returns only frames bar1000.exr through bar9999.exr

FileSequence.findSequenceOnDisk("seq/bar#.exr", strictPadding=True)

Parameters:
  • pattern (str) – the sequence pattern being searched for
  • strictPadding (bool) – if True, ignore files with padding length different from pattern
  • pad_style (.PAD_STYLE_DEFAULT or .PAD_STYLE_HASH1 or .PAD_STYLE_HASH4) – padding style
  • allow_subframes (bool) – if True, handle subframe filenames
Returns:

Return type:

str

Raises:

FileSeqException – if no sequence is found on disk

classmethod findSequencesInList(paths, pad_style=<PAD_STYLE: HASH4>, allow_subframes=False)[source]

Returns the list of discrete sequences within paths. This does not try to determine if the files actually exist on disk, it assumes you already know that.

Parameters:
  • paths (list[str]) – a list of paths
  • pad_style (.PAD_STYLE_DEFAULT or .PAD_STYLE_HASH1 or .PAD_STYLE_HASH4) – padding style
  • allow_subframes (bool) – if True, handle subframe filenames
Returns:

Return type:

list

classmethod findSequencesOnDisk(pattern, include_hidden=False, strictPadding=False, pad_style=<PAD_STYLE: HASH4>, allow_subframes=False)[source]

Yield the sequences found in the given directory.

Examples:

FileSequence.findSequencesOnDisk('/path/to/files')
The pattern can also specify glob-like shell wildcards including the following:
  • ? - 1 wildcard character
  • * - 1 or more wildcard character
  • {foo,bar} - either ‘foo’ or ‘bar’

Exact frame ranges are not considered, and padding characters are converted to wildcards (# or @)

Examples:

FileSequence.findSequencesOnDisk('/path/to/files/image_stereo_{left,right}.#.jpg')
FileSequence.findSequencesOnDisk('/path/to/files/imag?_*_{left,right}.@@@.jpg', strictPadding=True)
Parameters:
  • pattern (str) – directory to scan, or pattern to filter in directory
  • include_hidden (bool) – if true, show .hidden files as well
  • strictPadding (bool) – if True, ignore files with padding length different from pattern
  • pad_style (.PAD_STYLE_DEFAULT or .PAD_STYLE_HASH1 or .PAD_STYLE_HASH4) – padding style
  • allow_subframes (bool) – if True, handle subframe filenames
Returns:

Return type:

list

format(template='{basename}{range}{padding}{extension}')[source]

Return the file sequence as a formatted string according to the given template.

Utilizes the python string format syntax. Available keys include:
  • basename - the basename of the sequence.
  • range - the range of the sequence
  • padding - the detecting amount of padding.
  • extension - the file extension of the sequence.
  • start - the start frame.
  • end - the end frame.
  • length - the length of the frame range.
  • inverted - the inverted frame range. (returns “” if none)
  • dirname - the directory name.

If asking for the inverted range value, and the new inverted range exceeded fileseq.constants.MAX_FRAME_SIZE, a MaxSizeException will be raised.

Parameters:

template (str) –

Returns:

Return type:

str

Raises:
frame(frame)[source]

Return a path for the given frame in the sequence. Numeric values or numeric strings are treated as a frame number and padding is applied, all other values are passed though.

Examples

>>> seq = FileSequence('/foo/bar.1-10#.exr')
>>> seq.frame(1)
'/foo/bar.0001.exr'
>>> seq.frame("#")
'/foo/bar.#.exr'
Parameters:frame (int, float, decimal.Decimal or str) – the desired frame number or a char to pass through (ie. #)
Returns:
Return type:str
framePadding()[source]

Return the the padding characters in the sequence.

Returns:sequence padding
Return type:str
frameRange()[source]

Returns the string formatted frame range of the sequence. Will return an empty string if the sequence has no frame pattern.

Returns:
Return type:str
frameSet()[source]

Return the FrameSet of the sequence if specified, otherwise None.

Returns:
Return type:FrameSet or None
classmethod getPaddingChars(num, pad_style=<PAD_STYLE: HASH4>)[source]

Given a particular amount of padding, return the proper padding characters.

Parameters:
  • num (int) – required width of string with padding
  • pad_style (.PAD_STYLE_DEFAULT or .PAD_STYLE_HASH1 or .PAD_STYLE_HASH4) – padding style
Returns:

Return type:

str

classmethod getPaddingNum(chars, pad_style=<PAD_STYLE: HASH4>)[source]

Given a supported group of padding characters, return the amount of padding.

Parameters:
  • chars (str) – a supported group of padding characters
  • pad_style (.PAD_STYLE_DEFAULT or .PAD_STYLE_HASH1 or .PAD_STYLE_HASH4) – padding style
Returns:

Return type:

int

Raises:

ValueError – if unsupported padding character is detected

index(idx)[source]

Return the path to the file at the given index.

Parameters:idx (int) – the desired index
Returns:
Return type:str
invertedFrameRange()[source]

Returns the inverse string formatted frame range of the sequence. Will return an empty string if the sequence has no frame pattern, or the frame range includes subframes.

Returns:
Return type:str
Raises:fileseq.exceptions.MaxSizeException – If new inverted range exceeded fileseq.constants.MAX_FRAME_SIZE
padStyle()[source]

Return the the padding style of the sequence. See fileseq.constants.PAD_STYLE_HASH1 and fileseq.constants.PAD_STYLE_HASH4

Returns:padding style
Return type:(.PAD_STYLE_DEFAULT or .PAD_STYLE_HASH1 or .PAD_STYLE_HASH4)
padding()[source]

Return the the padding characters in the sequence.

Returns:sequence padding
Return type:str
setBasename(base)[source]

Set a new basename for the sequence.

Parameters:base (str) – the new base name
setDirname(dirname)[source]

Set a new directory name for the sequence.

Parameters:dirname (str) – the new directory name
setExtension(ext)[source]

Set a new file extension for the sequence.

Note

A leading period will be added if none is provided.

Parameters:ext (str) – the new file extension
setExtention(ext)[source]

Deprecated: use setExtension().

Parameters:ext (str) –
setFramePadding(padding)[source]

Set new padding characters for the frames of the sequence. i.e. “#” or “@@@” or ‘%04d’, or an empty string to disable range formatting.

Parameters:padding (str) – sequence padding to set
setFrameRange(frange)[source]

Set a new frame range for the sequence.

Parameters:frange (str) – a properly formatted frame range, as per FrameSet
setFrameSet(frameSet)[source]

Set a new FrameSet for the sequence.

Parameters:frameSet (FrameSet) – the new FrameSet object
setPadStyle(pad_style)[source]

Set new padding style for the sequence. See fileseq.constants.PAD_STYLE_HASH1 and fileseq.constants.PAD_STYLE_HASH4

Parameters:pad_style (.PAD_STYLE_DEFAULT or .PAD_STYLE_HASH1 or .PAD_STYLE_HASH4) – padding style to set
setPadding(padding)[source]

Set new padding characters for the sequence. i.e. “#” or “@@@” or ‘%04d’, or an empty string to disable range formatting.

Parameters:padding (str) – sequence padding to set
setSubframePadding(padding)[source]

Set new padding characters for the subframes in the sequence. i.e. “#” or “@@@”, or an empty string to disable range formatting.

Parameters:padding (str) – sequence padding to set
split()[source]

Split the FileSequence into contiguous pieces and return them as a list of FileSequence instances.

Returns:
Return type:list[FileSequence]
start()[source]

Returns the start frame of the sequence’s FrameSet. Will return 0 if the sequence has no frame pattern.

Returns:
Return type:int
subframePadding()[source]

Return the the padding characters for subframes in the sequence.

Returns:sequence padding
Return type:str
classmethod yield_sequences_in_list(paths, using=None, pad_style=<PAD_STYLE: HASH4>, allow_subframes=False)[source]

Yield the discrete sequences within paths. This does not try to determine if the files actually exist on disk, it assumes you already know that.

A template FileSequence object can also be provided via the using parameter. Given this template, the dirname, basename, and extension values will be used to extract the frame value from the paths instead of parsing each path from scratch.

Examples

The using field can supply a template for extracting the frame component from the paths:

paths = [
    '/dir/file_001.0001.ext',
    '/dir/file_002.0001.ext',
    '/dir/file_003.0001.ext',
]
template = FileSequence('/dir/file_#.0001.ext')
seqs = FileSequence.yield_sequences_in_list(paths, using)
# [<FileSequence: '/dir/file_1-3@@@.0001.ext'>]
Parameters:
  • paths (list[str]) – a list of paths
  • using (FileSequence) – Optional sequence to use as template
  • pad_style (.PAD_STYLE_DEFAULT or .PAD_STYLE_HASH1 or .PAD_STYLE_HASH4) – padding style
  • allow_subframes (bool) – if True, handle subframe filenames
Yields:

FileSequence

zfill()[source]

Returns the zfill depth (ie the number of zeroes to pad with).

Returns:
Return type:int

fileseq.frameset module

frameset - A set-like object representing a frame range for fileseq.

class fileseq.frameset.FrameSet(frange)[source]

Bases: _abcoll.Set

A FrameSet is an immutable representation of the ordered, unique set of frames in a given frame range.

The frame range can be expressed in the following ways:
  • 1-5
  • 1-5,10-20
  • 1-100x5 (every fifth frame)
  • 1-100y5 (opposite of above, fills in missing frames)
  • 1-100:4 (same as 1-100x4,1-100x3,1-100x2,1-100)
  • 1-2x0.333333 (subframes)

A FrameSet is effectively an ordered frozenset, with FrameSet-returning versions of frozenset methods:

>>> FrameSet('1-5').union(FrameSet('5-10'))
FrameSet("1-10")
>>> FrameSet('1-5').intersection(FrameSet('5-10'))
FrameSet("5")

Because a FrameSet is hashable, it can be used as the key to a dictionary:

>>> d = {FrameSet("1-20"): 'good'}

A FrameSet can be created from an iterable of frame numbers, and will construct an appropriate string representation:

>>> FrameSet([1,2,3,4,5]).frange
'1-5'
>>> FrameSet([0, '0.1429', '0.2857', '0.4286', '0.5714', '0.7143', '0.8571', 1]).frange
'0-1x0.142857'
Caveats:
  1. Because the internal storage of a FrameSet contains the discreet values of the entire range, an exception will be thrown if the range exceeds a large reasonable limit, which could lead to huge memory allocations or memory failures. See fileseq.constants.MAX_FRAME_SIZE.
  2. All frozenset operations return a normalized FrameSet: internal frames are in numerically increasing order.
  3. Equality is based on the contents and order, NOT the frame range string (there are a finite, but potentially extremely large, number of strings that can represent any given range, only a “best guess” can be made).
  4. Human-created frame ranges (ie 1-100x5) will be reduced to the actual internal frames (ie 1-96x5).
  5. The “null” Frameset (FrameSet('')) is now a valid thing to create, it is required by set operations, but may cause confusion as both its start and end methods will raise IndexError. The is_null() property allows you to guard against this.
Parameters:

(str or FrameSet or collections.Iterable of str, int, float, or (frange) – decimal.Decimal): the frame range as a string (ie “1-100x5”) or iterable of frame numbers.

Raises:
FRANGE_RE = <_sre.SRE_Pattern object>
PAD_MAP = {'#': {<PAD_STYLE: HASH1>: 1, <PAD_STYLE: HASH4>: 4}, '@': {<PAD_STYLE: HASH1>: 1, <PAD_STYLE: HASH4>: 1}}
PAD_RE = <_sre.SRE_Pattern object>
__and__(other)[source]

Overloads the & operator. Returns a new FrameSet that holds only the frames self and other have in common.

Note

The order of operations is irrelevant: (self & other) == (other & self)

Parameters:other (FrameSet) –
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:FrameSet
__contains__(item)[source]

Check if item is a member of this FrameSet.

Parameters:item (int) – the frame number to check for
Returns:
Return type:bool
__eq__(other)[source]

Check if self == other via a comparison of the hash of their contents. If other is not a FrameSet, but is a set, frozenset, or is iterable, it will be cast to a FrameSet.

Parameters:other (FrameSet) – Also accepts an object that can be cast to a FrameSet
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:bool
__ge__(other)[source]

Check if self >= other via a comparison of the contents. If other is not a FrameSet, but is a set, frozenset, or is iterable, it will be cast to a FrameSet.

Parameters:other (FrameSet) – Also accepts an object that can be cast to a FrameSet
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:bool
__getitem__(index)[source]

Allows indexing into the ordered frames of this FrameSet.

Parameters:index (int) – the index to retrieve
Returns:
Return type:int
Raises:IndexError – if index is out of bounds
__getstate__()[source]

Allows for serialization to a pickled FrameSet.

Returns:(frame range string, )
Return type:tuple
__gt__(other)[source]

Check if self > other via a comparison of the contents. If other is not a FrameSet, but is a set, frozenset, or is iterable, it will be cast to a FrameSet.

Note

A FrameSet is greater than other if the set of its contents are greater, OR if the contents are equal but the order is greater.

Same contents, but (1,2,3,4,5) sorts below (5,4,3,2,1)
>>> FrameSet("1-5") > FrameSet("5-1")
False
Parameters:other (FrameSet) – Also accepts an object that can be cast to a FrameSet
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:bool
__hash__()[source]

Builds the hash of this FrameSet for equality checking and to allow use as a dictionary key.

Returns:
Return type:int
__iter__()[source]

Allows for iteration over the ordered frames of this FrameSet.

Returns:
Return type:generator
__le__(other)[source]

Check if self <= other via a comparison of the contents. If other is not a FrameSet, but is a set, frozenset, or is iterable, it will be cast to a FrameSet.

Parameters:other (FrameSet) – Also accepts an object that can be cast to a FrameSet
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:bool
__len__()[source]

Returns the length of the ordered frames of this FrameSet.

Returns:
Return type:int
__lt__(other)[source]

Check if self < other via a comparison of the contents. If other is not a FrameSet, but is a set, frozenset, or is iterable, it will be cast to a FrameSet.

Note

A FrameSet is less than other if the set of its contents are less, OR if the contents are equal but the order of the items is less.

Same contents, but (1,2,3,4,5) sorts below (5,4,3,2,1)
>>> FrameSet("1-5") < FrameSet("5-1")
True
Parameters:other (FrameSet) – Can also be an object that can be cast to a FrameSet
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:bool
__ne__(other)[source]

Check if self != other via a comparison of the hash of their contents. If other is not a FrameSet, but is a set, frozenset, or is iterable, it will be cast to a FrameSet.

Parameters:other (FrameSet) – Also accepts an object that can be cast to a FrameSet
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:bool
__or__(other)[source]

Overloads the | operator. Returns a new FrameSet that holds all the frames in self, other, or both.

Note

The order of operations is irrelevant: (self | other) == (other | self)

Parameters:other (FrameSet) –
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:FrameSet
__rand__(other)

Overloads the & operator. Returns a new FrameSet that holds only the frames self and other have in common.

Note

The order of operations is irrelevant: (self & other) == (other & self)

Parameters:other (FrameSet) –
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:FrameSet
__repr__()[source]

Returns a long-form representation of this FrameSet.

Returns:
Return type:str
__reversed__()[source]

Allows for reversed iteration over the ordered frames of this FrameSet.

Returns:
Return type:generator
__ror__(other)

Overloads the | operator. Returns a new FrameSet that holds all the frames in self, other, or both.

Note

The order of operations is irrelevant: (self | other) == (other | self)

Parameters:other (FrameSet) –
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:FrameSet
__rsub__(other)[source]

Overloads the - operator. Returns a new FrameSet that holds only the frames of other that are not in self.

Note

This is for right-hand subtraction (other - self).

Parameters:other (FrameSet) –
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:FrameSet
__rxor__(other)

Overloads the ^ operator. Returns a new FrameSet that holds all the frames in self or other but not both.

Note

The order of operations is irrelevant: (self ^ other) == (other ^ self)

Parameters:other (FrameSet) –
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:FrameSet
__setstate__(state)[source]

Allows for de-serialization from a pickled FrameSet.

Parameters:state (tuple or str or dict) – A string/dict can be used for backwards compatibility
Raises:ValueError – if state is not an appropriate type
__str__()
__sub__(other)[source]

Overloads the - operator. Returns a new FrameSet that holds only the frames of self that are not in other.

Note

This is for left-hand subtraction (self - other).

Parameters:other (FrameSet) –
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:FrameSet
__xor__(other)[source]

Overloads the ^ operator. Returns a new FrameSet that holds all the frames in self or other but not both.

Note

The order of operations is irrelevant: (self ^ other) == (other ^ self)

Parameters:other (FrameSet) –
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:FrameSet
copy()[source]

Create a deep copy of this FrameSet.

Returns:
Return type:FrameSet
difference(*other)[source]

Returns a new FrameSet with elements in self but not in other.

Parameters:other (FrameSet) – or objects that can cast to FrameSet
Returns:
Return type:FrameSet
end()[source]

The last frame in the FrameSet.

Returns:
Return type:int
Raises:IndexError – (with the empty FrameSet)
frame(index)[source]

Return the frame at the given index.

Parameters:index (int) – the index to find the frame for
Returns:
Return type:int
Raises:IndexError – if index is out of bounds
frameRange(zfill=0, decimal_places=None)[source]

Return the frame range used to create this FrameSet, padded if desired.

Examples

>>> FrameSet('1-100').frameRange()
'1-100'
>>> FrameSet('1-100').frameRange(5)
'00001-00100'
>>> FrameSet('1-100').frameRange(0, 1)
'1.0-100.0'
>>> FrameSet('1.0-100.0').frameRange()
'1.0-100.0'
Parameters:
  • zfill (int) – the width to use to zero-pad the frame range string
  • decimal_places (int or None) – the number of decimal places to use in frame range string
Returns:

Return type:

str

static framesToFrameRange(frames, sort=True, zfill=0, compress=False)[source]

Converts an iterator of frames into a frame range string.

Parameters:
  • frames (collections.Iterable) – sequence of frames to process
  • sort (bool) – sort the sequence before processing
  • zfill (int) – width for zero padding
  • compress (bool) – remove any duplicates before processing
Returns:

Return type:

str

static framesToFrameRanges(frames, zfill=0)[source]

Converts a sequence of frames to a series of padded frame range strings.

Parameters:
  • frames (collections.Iterable) – sequence of frames to process
  • zfill (int) – width for zero padding
Yields:

str

frange

Read-only access to the frame range used to create this FrameSet.

Returns:
Return type:frozenset
classmethod from_iterable(frames, sort=False)[source]

Build a FrameSet from an iterable of frames.

Parameters:
  • frames (collections.Iterable) – an iterable object containing frames as integers
  • sort (bool) – True to sort frames before creation, default is False
Returns:

Return type:

FrameSet

classmethod from_range(start, end, step=1)[source]

Build a FrameSet from given start and end frames.

Parameters:
  • start (int) – The first frame of the FrameSet.
  • end (int) – The last frame of the FrameSet.
  • step (int, optional) – Range step (default 1).
Returns:

Return type:

FrameSet

hasFrame(frame)[source]

Check if the FrameSet contains the frame or subframe

Parameters:frame (int) – the frame number to search for
Returns:
Return type:bool
hasSubFrames()[source]

Check if the FrameSet contains any subframes

Returns:
Return type:bool
index(frame)[source]

Return the index of the given frame number within the FrameSet.

Parameters:frame (int) – the frame number to find the index for
Returns:
Return type:int
Raises:ValueError – if frame is not in self
intersection(*other)[source]

Returns a new FrameSet with the elements common to self and other.

Parameters:other (FrameSet) – or objects that can cast to FrameSet
Returns:
Return type:FrameSet
invertedFrameRange(zfill=0, decimal_places=None)[source]

Return the inverse of the FrameSet ‘s frame range, padded if desired. The inverse is every frame within the full extent of the range.

Examples

>>> FrameSet('1-100x2').invertedFrameRange()
'2-98x2'
>>> FrameSet('1-100x2').invertedFrameRange(5)
'00002-00098x2'

If the inverted frame size exceeds fileseq.constants.MAX_FRAME_SIZE, a MaxSizeException will be raised.

Parameters:
  • zfill (int) – the width to use to zero-pad the frame range string
  • decimal_places (int or None) – the number of decimal places to use in frame range string
Returns:

Return type:

str

Raises:

fileseq.exceptions.MaxSizeException

isConsecutive()[source]

Return whether the frame range represents consecutive integers, as opposed to having a stepping >= 2

Examples

>>> FrameSet('1-100').isConsecutive()
True
>>> FrameSet('1-100x2').isConsecutive()
False
>>> FrameSet('1-50,60-100').isConsecutive()
False
Returns:
Return type:bool
classmethod isFrameRange(frange)[source]

Return True if the given string is a frame range. Any padding characters, such as ‘#’ and ‘@’ are ignored.

Parameters:frange (str) – a frame range to test
Returns:
Return type:bool
is_null

Read-only access to determine if the FrameSet is the null or empty FrameSet.

Returns:
Return type:bool
isdisjoint(other)[source]

Check if the contents of :class:self has no common intersection with the contents of :class:other.

Parameters:other (FrameSet) –
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:bool
issubset(other)[source]

Check if the contents of self is a subset of the contents of other.

Parameters:other (FrameSet) –
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:bool
issuperset(other)[source]

Check if the contents of self is a superset of the contents of other.

Parameters:other (FrameSet) –
Returns:NotImplemented: if other fails to convert to a FrameSet
Return type:bool
items

Read-only access to the unique frames that form this FrameSet.

Returns:
Return type:frozenset
normalize()[source]

Returns a new normalized (sorted and compacted) FrameSet.

Returns:
Return type:FrameSet
order

Read-only access to the ordered frames that form this FrameSet.

Returns:
Return type:tuple
classmethod padFrameRange(frange, zfill, decimal_places=None)[source]

Return the zero-padded version of the frame range string.

Parameters:
  • frange (str) – a frame range to test
  • zfill (int) –
  • decimal_places (int or None) –
Returns:

Return type:

str

start()[source]

The first frame in the FrameSet.

Returns:
Return type:int
Raises:IndexError – (with the empty FrameSet)
symmetric_difference(other)[source]

Returns a new FrameSet that contains all the elements in either self or other, but not both.

Parameters:other (FrameSet) –
Returns:
Return type:FrameSet
union(*other)[source]

Returns a new FrameSet with the elements of self and of other.

Parameters:other (FrameSet) – or objects that can cast to FrameSet
Returns:
Return type:FrameSet