shared.py

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# Various shared functions

import sys

def printWarning(msg):
    msgString=("User warning: " + msg +"\n")
    sys.stderr.write(msgString)

def consecutive(lst):
    # Returns True if items in lst are consecutive numbers
    for i in range(1,len(lst)):
        if lst[i] - lst[i-1] != 1:
            return(False)
    return(True)

def listOccurrencesAreContiguous(lst, value):
    # True if all occurrences of value in lst are at contiguous positions
    indices_of_value = [i for i in range(len(lst)) if lst[i] == value]
    return consecutive(indices_of_value)