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<h1>eric5.UtilitiesPython2.Tools</h1>
<p>
Module implementing tool functions.
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<h3>Global Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>coding_regexps</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Classes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Functions</h3>
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<tr>
<td><a href="#decode">decode</a></td>
<td>Function to decode a text.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#extractLineFlags">extractLineFlags</a></td>
<td>Function to extract flags starting and ending with '__' from a line comment.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#get_coding">get_coding</a></td>
<td>Function to get the coding of a text.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#normalizeCode">normalizeCode</a></td>
<td>Function to normalize the given code.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#readEncodedFile">readEncodedFile</a></td>
<td>Function to read a file and decode it's contents into proper text.</td>
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<a NAME="decode" ID="decode"></a>
<h2>decode</h2>
<b>decode</b>(<i>text</i>)
<p>
    Function to decode a text.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
text to decode (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
decoded text and encoding
</dd>
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<a NAME="extractLineFlags" ID="extractLineFlags"></a>
<h2>extractLineFlags</h2>
<b>extractLineFlags</b>(<i>line, startComment="</i>)
<p>
    Function to extract flags starting and ending with '__' from a line comment.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>line</i></dt>
<dd>
line to extract flags from (string)
</dd><dt><i>startComment=</i></dt>
<dd>
string identifying the start of the comment (string)
</dd><dt><i>endComment=</i></dt>
<dd>
string identifying the end of a comment (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
list containing the extracted flags (list of strings)
</dd>
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<h2>get_coding</h2>
<b>get_coding</b>(<i>text</i>)
<p>
    Function to get the coding of a text.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
text to inspect (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
coding string
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>normalizeCode</h2>
<b>normalizeCode</b>(<i>codestring</i>)
<p>
    Function to normalize the given code.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>codestring</i></dt>
<dd>
code to be normalized (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
normalized code (string)
</dd>
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<h2>readEncodedFile</h2>
<b>readEncodedFile</b>(<i>filename</i>)
<p>
    Function to read a file and decode it's contents into proper text.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>filename</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the file to read (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of decoded text and encoding (string, string)
</dd>
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