helper_functions.py

# This file is part of BobGUI, a free GUI library for Pygame.
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from bisect import bisect_left

def split(text, delimiter=" "):
    temp_list = []
    final_list = []
    for char in text:
        if char == delimiter:
            if "".join(temp_list) != "":
                final_list.append("".join(temp_list))
                temp_list = []
            final_list.append(delimiter)
        else:
            temp_list.append(char)
    if "".join(temp_list) != "":
        final_list.append("".join(temp_list))
    return final_list

def get_closest(lst, num):
    #Taken from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12141150/from-list-of-integers-get-number-closest-to-a-given-value
    pos = bisect_left(lst, num)
    if pos == 0:
        return 0
    if pos == len(lst):
        return pos - 1
    if lst[pos] - num < num - lst[pos - 1]:
        return pos
    else:
        return pos - 1