def get_symbol()

in src/latex2sympy2_extended/symbols.py [0:0]

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

def get_symbol(latex_str: str, is_real: bool | None = True, lowercase_symbols: bool = False):
    latex_str = latex_str.strip()
    letter = GREEK_LETTER_MAP.get(latex_str.replace('"', ''))
    if letter is None:
        letter = latex_str

    if letter.startswith('\\'):
        letter = letter[1:]
    
    if lowercase_symbols:
        letter = letter.lower()

    if letter in sympy_singleton_map:
        return sympy_singleton_map[letter]
    else:
        return sympy.Symbol(letter, real=is_real)