refactor: separate isfloat into a new file within validators.py and rename to is_number

doc/source/api/diffpy.utils.parsers.rst

@@ -11,14 +11,6 @@ diffpy.utils.parsers package
 Submodules
 ----------
 
-diffpy.utils.parsers.serialization module
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-.. automodule:: diffpy.utils.parsers.serialization
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
-
 diffpy.utils.parsers.loaddata module
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -34,3 +26,11 @@ diffpy.utils.parsers.custom_exceptions module
     :members:
     :undoc-members:
     :show-inheritance:
+
+diffpy.utils.parsers.serialization module
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. automodule:: diffpy.utils.parsers.serialization
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:

doc/source/api/diffpy.utils.rst

@@ -16,40 +16,54 @@ Subpackages
 
     diffpy.utils.parsers
     diffpy.utils.wx
-    diffpy.utils.scattering_objects
 
 Submodules
 ----------
 
-diffpy.utils.tools module
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+diffpy.utils.transforms module
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-.. automodule:: diffpy.utils.tools
+.. automodule:: diffpy.utils.transforms
     :members:
     :undoc-members:
     :show-inheritance:
 
-diffpy.utils.resampler module
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+diffpy.utils.validators module
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-.. automodule:: diffpy.utils.resampler
+.. automodule:: diffpy.utils.validators
     :members:
     :undoc-members:
     :show-inheritance:
 
+diffpy.utils.tools module
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. automodule:: diffpy.utils.tools
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:
 
 diffpy.utils.user_config module
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 .. automodule:: diffpy.utils.user_config
     :members:
     :undoc-members:
     :show-inheritance:
 
 diffpy.utils.diffraction_objects module
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 .. automodule:: diffpy.utils.diffraction_objects
     :members:
     :undoc-members:
     :show-inheritance:
+
+diffpy.utils.resampler module
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. automodule:: diffpy.utils.resampler
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:

news/is-float.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* Rename the `isfloat` function to `is_number`, and move it to the `diffpy/utils/utilsvalidators.py` directory
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>

src/diffpy/utils/parsers/loaddata.py

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 import numpy
 
+from diffpy.utils import validators
+
 
 def loadData(filename, minrows=10, headers=False, hdel="=", hignore=None, **kwargs):
     """Find and load data from a text file.
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ def countcolumnsvalues(line):
                     name = hpair[0]
                     value = hpair[1]
                     # check if data value should be stored as float
-                    if isfloat(hpair[1]):
+                    if validators.is_number(hpair[1]):
                         value = float(hpair[1])
                     hdata.update({name: value})
             # continue search for the start of datablock
@@ -331,16 +333,3 @@ def _findDataBlocks(self):
             self.headers.append(header)
             self.datasets.append(data)
         return
-
-
-# End of class TextDataLoader
-
-
-def isfloat(s):
-    """True if s is convertible to float."""
-    try:
-        float(s)
-        return True
-    except ValueError:
-        pass
-    return False

src/diffpy/utils/validators.py

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+def is_number(string):
+    """Check if the provided string can be converted to a float.
+
+    Since integers can be converted to floats, this function will return True for integers as well.
+    Hence, we can use this function to check if a string is a number.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    string : str
+        The string to evaluate for numeric conversion.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    bool
+        The boolean whether `string` can be successfully converted to float.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> is_number("3.14")
+    True
+
+    >>> is_number("-1.23")
+    True
+
+    >>> is_number("007")
+    True
+
+    >>> is_number("five")
+    False
+
+    >>> is_number("3.14.15")
+    False
+
+    >>> is_number("NaN")
+    True
+
+    >>> is_number("Infinity")
+    True
+
+    >>> is_number("Inf")
+    True
+    """
+    try:
+        float(string)
+        return True
+    except ValueError:
+        return False

tests/test_validators.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import pytest
+
+from diffpy.utils.validators import is_number
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "input,expected",
+    [
+        ("3.14", True),  # Standard float
+        ("2", True),  # Integer
+        ("-100", True),  # Negative integer
+        ("-3.14", True),  # Negative float
+        ("0", True),  # Zero
+        ("4.5e-1", True),  # Scientific notation
+        ("abc", False),  # Non-numeric string
+        ("", False),  # Empty string
+        ("3.14.15", False),  # Multiple dots
+        ("2+3", False),  # Arithmetic expression
+        ("NaN", True),  # Not a Number (special float value)
+        ("Infinity", True),  # Positive infinity
+        ("-Infinity", True),  # Negative infinity
+        ("Inf", True),  # Positive infinity
+        ("-Inf", True),  # Negative infinity
+    ],
+)
+def test_is_number(input, expected):
+    assert is_number(input) == expected