Overview of PySerialNumbers library

The PySerialNumbers library offers functionalities for manipulating serial numbers. In particular the possibility of reading a character string formatted according to the ad hoc grammar, then of converting it into a list of serial numbers.

Serial number

A serial number consists of 3 parts:

• The prefix: all the characters located before the last group of digits (number)

• The number: the last group of digits, this part can be incremented

• The suffix: all the characters located after the last group of digits (number)

See also

The class SerialNumber and the grammar rule for serial number.

A001X ⇒ prefix = A ; number = 1 ; suffix = X

001X ⇒ prefix = None ; number = 1 ; suffix = X

A001 ⇒ prefix = A ; number = 1 ; suffix = None

Serial number range

A serial number range consists of a sequence of consecutive serial numbers:

See also

The class SerialNumberRange and the grammar rule for ranges.

X001:10 ⇒ [SerialNumber('X001'), SerialNumber('X002'), ..., SerialNumber('X010')

X001-X010 ⇒ [SerialNumber('X001'), SerialNumber('X002'), ..., SerialNumber('X010')

Serial number list

A list of serial numbers allows multiple ranges of non-consecutive serial numbers to be specified. It is possible to specify ranges to exclude by prefixing it with a “minus” sign (-).

See also

The class SerialNumberList and grammar rule for lists.

X01:10;X50-X59;-X02:2 ⇒ [SerialNumber('X01'), SerialNumber('X04'), ..., SerialNumber('X10'), SerialNumber('X50'), ..., SerialNumber('X59')]