Pyhelpers

(*15 August 2022*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.4.1...1.4.2) since [1.4.1](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.4.1/):**

- Renamed the parameter `method` to `engine` for the following functions:
- [find_similar_str()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/fcbdb567fe8036cfa7bfe6d482813680145420e3) in the module [text](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/3183819823fa105924ae465e8f4f354a6de7cc34/pyhelpers/text.py);
- [save_json()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/417967c04c3534ddda35db96340ead6f051ac61b#diff-5be4770b2702d34ea60ff69d076c06b6311d2de302323f4313f5829f857e7607L455-R517), [load_json()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/417967c04c3534ddda35db96340ead6f051ac61b#diff-5be4770b2702d34ea60ff69d076c06b6311d2de302323f4313f5829f857e7607L1347-R1409), [markdown_to_rst()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/417967c04c3534ddda35db96340ead6f051ac61b#diff-5be4770b2702d34ea60ff69d076c06b6311d2de302323f4313f5829f857e7607L1870-R1932) and [xlsx_to_csv()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/417967c04c3534ddda35db96340ead6f051ac61b#diff-5be4770b2702d34ea60ff69d076c06b6311d2de302323f4313f5829f857e7607L1967-R2029) in the module [store](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/3183819823fa105924ae465e8f4f354a6de7cc34/pyhelpers/store.py).
- Improved the functions [save_data()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/d57fa7f80a2b4f37bc80c986b5ec01ae6a6d7166), [load_csv()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/e3834f81b39bdc2e8c6f68085bf812e1541f43c8), [load_data()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/78889395cfbc6f133298aa1fe0daa06f21c85bac) in the module [store](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/3183819823fa105924ae465e8f4f354a6de7cc34/pyhelpers/store.py).

**For more information and detailed specifications, check out [PyHelpers 1.4.2 documentation](https://pyhelpers.readthedocs.io/en/1.4.2/).**

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(*17 July 2022*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.4.0...1.4.1) since [1.4.0](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.4.0/):**

- Improved the following functions (with bug fixes):
- [update_dict()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/f7f8e65dd90282d4bfe2b5c286be0c5d10deafd1) in the module [ops](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/418df28afa37cf18afc9b91de011400762b063f2/pyhelpers/ops.py);
- [gdal_configurations()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/d6b2cdfb53627d7dfceaa2e7fd1b742a5c75eea8#diff-8e1ccefca5009c849b1e96129b63e9dc483acfa1049605b6872c49e549d71793R15) and [mpl_preferences()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/d6b2cdfb53627d7dfceaa2e7fd1b742a5c75eea8#diff-8e1ccefca5009c849b1e96129b63e9dc483acfa1049605b6872c49e549d71793R82) in the module [settings](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/418df28afa37cf18afc9b91de011400762b063f2/pyhelpers/settings.py).

**For more information and detailed specifications, check out [PyHelpers 1.4.1 documentation](https://pyhelpers.readthedocs.io/en/1.4.1/).**

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(*13 June 2022*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.3.4...1.4.0) since [1.3.4](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.3.4/):**

- Renamed the module [dir](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/b2e9d9fa50b2947263d93d1a3e995d39866e4a39/pyhelpers/dir.py) to [dirs](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/48e8e07f8554bc16fa161ecfd8e14468323654e3/pyhelpers/dirs.py) (to avoid a possible redefinition of, or any potential conflict with, the Python built-in function [dir()](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#dir)).

**For more information and detailed specifications, check out [PyHelpers 1.4.0 documentation](https://pyhelpers.readthedocs.io/en/1.4.0/).**

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(*13 June 2022*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.3.3...1.3.4) since [1.3.3](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.3.3/):**

- Enabled [direct access](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/756e613b7fffdd0a808de8d7c2e362b8829ac1c1) to all modules through importing *pyhelpers*, and all functions/classes in each module through importing *pyhelpers.<module_name>*.
- Improved the following function/class (with bug fixes):
- [find_similar_str()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/3e012426a6018d38d273196f1d2c043a34c33756) in the module [text](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/b2e9d9fa50b2947263d93d1a3e995d39866e4a39/pyhelpers/text.py);
- [PostgreSQL](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/7e2797de9345dc18aced8229126a6b2af766c78c) in the module [dbms](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/b2e9d9fa50b2947263d93d1a3e995d39866e4a39/pyhelpers/dbms.py).

**For more information and detailed specifications, check out [PyHelpers 1.3.4 documentation](https://pyhelpers.readthedocs.io/en/1.3.4/).**

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(*12 May 2022*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.3.2...1.3.3) since [1.3.2](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.3.2/):**

- Improved the following class/functions with bug fixes:
- [PostgreSQL](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/989b64b154fee576068dd445146c9bfe575221e6) in the module [dbms](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/85b09c37acc0d0aa96fd2e80e406d537d0a14490/pyhelpers/dbms.py);
- [save_data()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/43cbe93f274389996848c3e7463e821c33775d32) and [save_svg_as_emf()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/7a617d0c1239c6cb75b4d43ab4567a46301e4bef) in the module [store](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/85b09c37acc0d0aa96fd2e80e406d537d0a14490/pyhelpers/store.py);
- [delete_dir()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/6aef421d6ab724983ac59678b37aae5a6dd3e6a0) in the module [dir](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/85b09c37acc0d0aa96fd2e80e406d537d0a14490/pyhelpers/dir.py);
- [euclidean_distance_between_texts()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/a6a0910b1b175ce6a4bb60321d691443f4ca5aaa#diff-07b6d8c6102940f884435a3670eb5007494d5c51b4deb718ba79c3b267825127R401) and [cosine_similarity_between_texts()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/a6a0910b1b175ce6a4bb60321d691443f4ca5aaa#diff-07b6d8c6102940f884435a3670eb5007494d5c51b4deb718ba79c3b267825127R431) in the module [text](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/85b09c37acc0d0aa96fd2e80e406d537d0a14490/pyhelpers/text.py).
- Add a new class [MSSQL](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/f2ab9928c413d16630fd898ee49a8dcb2f10fd76) to the module [dbms](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/85b09c37acc0d0aa96fd2e80e406d537d0a14490/pyhelpers/dbms.py).

**For more information and detailed specifications, check out [PyHelpers 1.3.3 documentation](https://pyhelpers.readthedocs.io/en/1.3.3/).**

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(*14 March 2022*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.3.1...1.3.2) since [1.3.1](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.3.1/):**

- Added the following new functions:
- [xlsx_to_csv()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/7871eadbe0358ec1c48430fa9f671e5d93741343) to the module [store](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/79a979462b492b5529448ae53291cc5555ced43f/pyhelpers/store.py);
- [np_shift()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/e41df8b9da04f571bd53ac3df79a9de27a53521a) to the module [ops](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/79a979462b492b5529448ae53291cc5555ced43f/pyhelpers/ops.py);
- [project_point_to_line()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/e0b74756e6dba5697da758655d46f9cafeb1bbc7#diff-dc4a0e4af0eb0e5a833d868a38bde78a7c5736be4021d9ddf03b97c6f0cc8af8R326-R376) and [find_shortest_path()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/e0b74756e6dba5697da758655d46f9cafeb1bbc7#diff-dc4a0e4af0eb0e5a833d868a38bde78a7c5736be4021d9ddf03b97c6f0cc8af8R679-R785) to the module [geom](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/79a979462b492b5529448ae53291cc5555ced43f/pyhelpers/geom.py).

**For more information and detailed specifications, check out [PyHelpers 1.3.2 documentation](https://pyhelpers.readthedocs.io/en/1.3.2/).**

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