pyds.Group

class pyds.Group(identifier, group_statements, validate_identifier=True)

Bases: pyds.Statement

Represents a PDS group statement.

Parameters

• identifier (str)

  Identifier of the group.

• group_statements (GroupStatements)

  Nested statements of the group.

• validate_identifier (True or False)

  Whether identifier should be checked to see if it’s a valid identifer for a PDS group statement. Default is True.

Raises

• TypeError

  If group_statements is not a instance of GroupStatements.

• ValueError

  If validate_identifier is True and identifier is not a valid identifier for a group statement.

Attributes

identifier

Identifier of the group statement. A str instance. Read-only.

statements

Nested statements of the group statement. A GroupStatements instance. Read-only.

value

Same as statements.

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Special Methods

Group.__str__()

Return a PDS serialized string (str) representing the object.

Called by str().