Introducing Search’In: Search Anything in live Python Code with Ease!

NicolasMICAUX — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 21:33:06 +0000

Have you ever found yourself desperately searching for that one elusive method or variable in a complex Python codebase? You know it’s there somewhere, but it seems to be playing a game of hide-and-seek, leaving you frustrated and wasting precious time scrolling through pages of documentation and source code.

What is Search’In?

Search’In is a tool that allows you to search in live python objects as if you were on Google, just by adding a line in the middle of your code !

To begin, you’ll need to install Search’In using pip:

pip install searchin

Import it into your Python code with just one line:

import searchin

Imagine you have a Human class, and you're searching for the method or variable named "name." Just do:

searchin(Human, "name")

No, you’re not hallucinating: the module is the function. 11 characters saved ;-)

You can search for any string in any python “entity” : variable, method, object, class, module, etc.

Search for "5" in a tuple:

searchin((1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), "5")
# >>> "5" found in root.4 : 5

Search for "mean" in the method torch.nn.functional.cross_entropy:

searchin(torch.nn.functional.cross_entropy, "mean")
# "mean" found in cross_entropy. : def cross_entropy( [...] reduction: str = "mean", [...], label_smoothing)

Search for "grad" in a torch.nn.Module:

model = torch.nn.Linear(10, 10)
searchin(model, "grad")
# "grad" found in model.bias
# "grad" found in model.requires_grad_
# "grad" found in model.weight
# "grad" found in model.zero_grad

Hope this will be useful to you! ==> https://pypi.org/project/searchin/

The project could have a lot more useful functionnalities. Contributions are welcome! ==> https://github.com/NicolasMICAUX/searchin

Maybe this new tool is similar to existing ones, that I’m not aware of ==> if so, I would be happy to know which :)

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Introducing Search’In: Search Anything in live Python Code with Ease!

What is Search’In?