def split_list()

in pelican/plugins/asfdata.py [0:0]

• 22 lines of code
• 5 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def split_list(metadata, seq, reference, split):
    # copy sequence
    sequence = list(reference)
    # sort the copy
    sequence.sort(key=lambda x: (x.letter, x.display_name))
    # size of list
    size = len(sequence)
    # size of columns
    percol = int((size + 26 + split - 1) / split)
    # positions
    start = nseq = nrow = 0
    letter = ' '
    # create each column
    for column in range(split):
        subsequence = [ ]
        end = min(size + 26, start + percol)
        while nrow < end:
            if letter < sequence[nseq].letter:
                # new letter - add a letter break into the column. If a letter has no content it is skipped
                letter = sequence[nseq].letter
                subsequence.append(type(seq, (), { 'letter': letter, 'display_name': letter}))
            else:
                # add the project into the sequence
                subsequence.append(sequence[nseq])
                nseq = nseq + 1
            nrow = nrow + 1
        # save the column sequence in the metadata
        metadata[f'{seq}_{column}'] = subsequence
        start = end
    if nseq < size:
        print(f'WARNING: {seq} not all of sequence consumed: short {size-nseq} projects')