Beautihelp.py

"""Creates a name based on a url:
USAGE:
URL_local = "News---Somali-hijackings-after-five-year-lull_icc-ccs.org_.html"
Ntitle(URL_local)
If used as a module:
import Beautihelp
Beautihelp.Ntitle(URL_local)
"""
def Ntitle(URL_local, exten = -5, length= -17, NewExt = ".txt"):
    #removes the period 
    txt = URL_local.replace(".","_")
    #removes the extension 'exten'  (Default: exten = -5 )
    txt = txt[:exten]
    #removes all front characters keeping the last 'length' (Default: length= -17)
    txt = txt[length:]
    #Adds a ".txt" extension 
    txt = txt+NewExt
    return txt


#URL_local = "News---Maritime-piracy-report-sees-first-Somali-hijackings-after-five-year-lull_icc-ccs.org_.html"
# Ntitle(URL_local)
# prints:  lull_icc-ccs_org_.txt
# print Ntitle(URL_local, exten = -6, length=-11)
# prints:  icc-ccs_org.txt

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