Return a list of tuples representing the inclusive lower and upper boundaries of each range of hexadecimal values from a namespace with 'number_of_bytes' bytes divided into 'number_of_sets' "equal" sets.

find_hex_namespace_boundaries.py

def find_hex_namespace_boundaries(number_of_bytes:int, number_of_sets:int = 2) -> Tuple[str]:
    """
    Return a list of tuples representing the inclusive lower and upper boundaries
    of each range of hexadecimal values from a namespace with 'number_of_bytes' bytes
    divided into 'number_of_sets' "equal" sets.
    
    :param number_of_bytes: The length of the hexadecimal namespace in bytes.
    
    :param number_of_sets: The number of sets to divide the namespace into.
        NOTE: The sets will be of as close to equal length as possible
        while still covering the entirety of the namespace.
        
    :return: A list of tuples representing the inclusive lower and upper boundaries
    of each range of hexadecimal values from a namespace with 'number_of_bytes' bytes
    divided into 'number_of_sets' "equal" sets.
    """
    
    namespace_size = 16 ** number_of_bytes
    
    set_size = fractions.Fraction(namespace_size, number_of_sets)
    
    boundary_tuples = []
    
    for i in range(number_of_sets):
        lower_boundary = round(i * set_size)
        upper_boundary = round((i + 1) * set_size - 1)
        
        boundary_tuples.append((hex(lower_boundary), hex(upper_boundary)))
        
    return boundary_tuples