docstripy 0.7.2
Merge your config files and set parameters from the command line in a simple way.
Requires Python: >=3.7
Keywords: numpy, docstring, numpydoc, python, format

# Docstripy - Convert any docstring to any format docstring

Transform your python docstrings to the format you want :sparkles:

Support Nympydoc, Google and ReStructuredText as output styles.
The input style should be either Numpy, Google, ReST or even a mix of both.

Python notebook are supported as well!

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## Documentation

The documentation :memo: is available at
[docstripy.readthedocs.io](https://docstripy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).

## How to use

Install the library via pip:

```bash
pip install docstripy
```

Use it like that to write the files in place.
Set a directory path to transform all python files in it.

```bash
docstripy <dir-or-file_path> -s=<style> -o=<output_path>
```

Available styles (`style`) are:

* "numpy": Numpy doc style (default)
* "google": Google style
* "rest": ReST style

See examples in the
[documentation](https://docstripy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto.html).

## Cool features

See examples of the features in the
[documentation](https://docstripy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/features.html).

### Overwrite the files directly

You can use the `-w` (or `--overwrite`) option to write the files in place.

```bash
docstripy <dir-or-file_path> -s=<style> -w
```

You can find an end-to-end example in the
[documentation](https://docstripy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto.html).

*Notes*:

1) **The module takes into account the fonction definitions**.
If the definition of the function bring new information, this will be added to the docstring.
In case of a conflict, the information in **the function definition will be prioritized**.
It means that docstripy will automatically update your docstring if you update your functions!
1) If the old docstring not already contains information on parameters and/or
return elements, the output docstring will not specify those elements either.
However, if the function definition contains more information, the docstring will
be updated with all the corresponding information available in the signature.

### Max line length

You can control the max line length of the docstring with the `--len` option.
By default, there is no limit. The line lenght take into account the indentation
found in the file. It does not applied on wild sections such as "Examples" or "Notes".

### 2 spaces indentation

If your files are indented with 2 spaces, you can use the `--n_indent=2` option to
the command line.

```bash
docstripy <dir-or-file_path> -s=<style> -w --n_indent=2
```

Note that the default value is 4 spaces but you can set any value you want.

### Create a short docstring when missing

When a function has no docstring, a short one will be created based on
the function name. You can disable this feature with the `--noadd` option
in command line.

```bash
docstripy <dir-or-file_path> -s=<style> -w --noadd
```

### Prevent type hinting

You can disable the type hinting in the docstring with the `--notype` option.

```bash
docstripy <dir-or-file_path> -s=<style> -w --notype
```

### Class docstring

The class docstring is updated based on the class definition with the signature
of `__init__` method.