Dataset Utilities

Helper functions for dealing with datasets

This file contains a helper function for dealing with dataset names.

abed.datasets.dataset_name(dset)

Get the dataset name for a given dataset

The user has the option to specify alternative names for datasets in the DATASETS configuration setting, through the DATASET_NAMES variable. This function can be used to get the name of the dataset when the DATASET_NAMES variable is specified or not. If the setting is not specified, a name is created by stripping any extensions from the dataset specified. In case the dataset is a tuple, the names of the datasets are combined.

Parameters

dset (str, tuple) – The dataset from the DATASETS configuration.

Returns

name – The name of the dataset

Return type

str