Module strings

I'm fed up of typing this every time I want to print a list!

This is nothing more than:

 return sep.join(["%s" % item for item in list])

Format a float as a string in a style suitable for displaying probabilities. This is not a particularly quick procedure. If you need to format lots of probabilities, it's probably best to do something cruder.

Handy utility for concise readable output of a list of name that includes many that differ only by a numerical suffix. For example, ['model0','model1','model2'] is better represented as 'model{0-2}'.

Given a list of items, return a potentially smaller list, with all names differing only by a numerical suffix condensed into a single item, using {} to denote the suffix and using ranges where possible, otherwise comma-separated lists.

Ensures that there are no duplicate strings in a list of strings. Wherever a duplicate is found, it is distinguished by appending an integer.

Normalizes string, converts to lowercase, removes non-alpha characters, and converts spaces to hyphens.

Lifted straight from Django's slugify function.