Pyhelpers

(*27 January 2020*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.0.21...1.0.22) since [1.0.21](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.0.21/):**

- Renamed the function [~~divide_list_into_chunks()~~](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/afa60ee31793f619ee3979704ffc6709543241c8#diff-9266f224c0227114f50836ba656288a96bd7cca831301fe025c5a7cf9f4ab45aL88) to [split_list_by_size()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/9826ef52afc1018c9e17b518de6ea5ebec7edc88/pyhelpers/ops.py#L90) in the module [ops](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/9826ef52afc1018c9e17b518de6ea5ebec7edc88/pyhelpers/ops.py).
- Added two new functions to the module [ops](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/9826ef52afc1018c9e17b518de6ea5ebec7edc88/pyhelpers/ops.py): [split_list()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/afa60ee31793f619ee3979704ffc6709543241c8#diff-9266f224c0227114f50836ba656288a96bd7cca831301fe025c5a7cf9f4ab45aR107-R122) and [split_iterable()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/afa60ee31793f619ee3979704ffc6709543241c8#diff-9266f224c0227114f50836ba656288a96bd7cca831301fe025c5a7cf9f4ab45aR125-R142).
- Improved the following function/class:
- [gdal_configurations()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/0d8a461b89f0d8a917e52a491c17e8f6d0cbf3cf) in the module [settings](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/9826ef52afc1018c9e17b518de6ea5ebec7edc88/pyhelpers/settings.py);
- [PostgreSQL](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/dfeaf212bbaa3ee05dd60d7fe9f6f33cc58e0ced) in the module [sql](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/9826ef52afc1018c9e17b518de6ea5ebec7edc88/pyhelpers/sql.py).

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(*20 January 2020*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.0.20...1.0.21) since [1.0.20](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.0.20/):**

- Added a new module [sql](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/8f86efcee944b172eb9c525077b3b2425e5730ae/pyhelpers/sql.py).
- Added a new function [detect_nan_for_str_column()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/0c02a011193e36619c4ee1828fd15bd501b58025#diff-9266f224c0227114f50836ba656288a96bd7cca831301fe025c5a7cf9f4ab45aR320-R328) to the module [ops](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/8f86efcee944b172eb9c525077b3b2425e5730ae/pyhelpers/ops.py).

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(*7 January 2020*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.0.19...1.0.20) since [1.0.19](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.0.19/):**

- Fixed [a few minor bugs](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/8ce0aa9bd7c285b1b936ae54fe6d51d386bdbf77) in the module [store](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/425184670493a3f5e4bf65fac1aac5232071f18b/pyhelpers/store.py).

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(*28 November 2019*)

*Note that the release **~~1.0.18~~** had been permanently deleted.*

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.0.17...1.0.19) since [1.0.17](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.0.17/):**

- Renamed the module [~~misc~~](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/65c0e41844989c5fecd0d114315002752ac1ce3c) to [ops](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/1bf9df9a354ee14d8c112afdd08805eae5de5e1b/pyhelpers/ops.py); moved the function [csr_matrix_to_dict()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/ad191ddacac3344182a875ebd13b7c36526d2eb9#diff-07b6d8c6102940f884435a3670eb5007494d5c51b4deb718ba79c3b267825127R50-R63) to the module [text](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/1bf9df9a354ee14d8c112afdd08805eae5de5e1b/pyhelpers/text.py).
- Fixed minor bugs:
- [save_feather()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/78b446f0152a098553dc8b9c3c68ce0f655362e0) and [load_feather()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/151ca2f436363091b77a8b8cc1284e6956c7db97) in the module [store](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/1bf9df9a354ee14d8c112afdd08805eae5de5e1b/pyhelpers/store.py);
- [download()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/937908d2953cbed4848a400d5f2530d4dfb02456) in the module [download](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/1bf9df9a354ee14d8c112afdd08805eae5de5e1b/pyhelpers/download.py);
- [mpl_preferences()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/73c7b66685a64147c998c03bd003d1f8d8c42eb3) in the module [settings](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/1bf9df9a354ee14d8c112afdd08805eae5de5e1b/pyhelpers/settings.py).
- Added new functions:
- [show_square()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/8abec1f3c522409fe72b4075b4a0188b261a5661#diff-dc4a0e4af0eb0e5a833d868a38bde78a7c5736be4021d9ddf03b97c6f0cc8af8R363-R384), [locate_square_vertices()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/8abec1f3c522409fe72b4075b4a0188b261a5661#diff-dc4a0e4af0eb0e5a833d868a38bde78a7c5736be4021d9ddf03b97c6f0cc8af8R387-R429) and [locate_square_vertices_calc()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/8abec1f3c522409fe72b4075b4a0188b261a5661#diff-dc4a0e4af0eb0e5a833d868a38bde78a7c5736be4021d9ddf03b97c6f0cc8af8R432-R472) to the module [geom](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/1bf9df9a354ee14d8c112afdd08805eae5de5e1b/pyhelpers/geom.py);
- [is_dirname()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/db7303b4dd4b92281f53c6a8a107efedeafb557d#diff-9658546df62eded721ef6049c33f4b2d7e985d9cce8c08ba9538a32da5229a09R75-R95) to the module [dir](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/1bf9df9a354ee14d8c112afdd08805eae5de5e1b/pyhelpers/dir.py).
- Improved the module [store](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/1bf9df9a354ee14d8c112afdd08805eae5de5e1b/pyhelpers/store.py) with modifications to the functions: [save_pickle()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/aedd7f2d33dfa72fdcd6cc23922982125509e0eb#diff-5be4770b2702d34ea60ff69d076c06b6311d2de302323f4313f5829f857e7607R66), [load_pickle()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/aedd7f2d33dfa72fdcd6cc23922982125509e0eb#diff-5be4770b2702d34ea60ff69d076c06b6311d2de302323f4313f5829f857e7607R96), [save_json()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/aedd7f2d33dfa72fdcd6cc23922982125509e0eb#diff-5be4770b2702d34ea60ff69d076c06b6311d2de302323f4313f5829f857e7607R113), [load_json()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/aedd7f2d33dfa72fdcd6cc23922982125509e0eb#diff-5be4770b2702d34ea60ff69d076c06b6311d2de302323f4313f5829f857e7607R142) and [save()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/aedd7f2d33dfa72fdcd6cc23922982125509e0eb#diff-5be4770b2702d34ea60ff69d076c06b6311d2de302323f4313f5829f857e7607R204).

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(*10 September 2019*)

**Notable [changes](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/compare/1.0.16...1.0.17) since [1.0.16](https://pypi.org/project/pyhelpers/1.0.16/):**

- Improved the function [rm_dir()](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/f3b4e1bb9654c2102bea524cb280c19030f80163#diff-9658546df62eded721ef6049c33f4b2d7e985d9cce8c08ba9538a32da5229a09R100-R121) in the module [dir](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/blob/3961ec9a2a2c15d60454551d758b20875cd02570/pyhelpers/dir.py).
- Tidied up the code of the three modules: [misc](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/ffa1220c443e5d26587d6469104e5dde05d8e4e4), [geom](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/d8a9b0defd7a4539a89b150250e26a2967924f9b) and [store](https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers/commit/36809752328e1bfe9a30bf67fd2e36c6f332009d).

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(*3 September 2019*)

This is a release of a **brand-new** version.

*Note that the initial releases (of early versions up to **~~1.0.15~~**) had been permanently deleted.*