Atoms R Us¶

import json

series_types = ["Don't Know", "Other nonmetal", "Alkali metal", 
                "Alkaline earth metal", "Nobel gas", "Metalloid", 
                "Halogen", "Transition metal", "Post-transition metal", 
                "Lanthanoid", "Actinoid"]
                
class Element:
    fields = "protons symbol long_name mass series"
    repstr = ("Atom(protons={protons}, symbol='{symbol}', "
    "long_name='{long_name}', "
    "mass={mass}, series='{series}')")
   
    def __init__(self, protons: int, symbol: str,
                 long_name: str, mass: float, series: str):

        # build self.__dict__       
        self.protons = protons
        self.symbol = symbol
        self.long_name = long_name
        self.__dict__['mass'] = mass # same idea
        self.series = series
       
    def __getitem__(self, idx):  # simulates collection.namedtuple behavior
        return self.__dict__[self.fields[idx]]
       
    def __repr__(self):
        return self.repstr.format(**self.__dict__)

Atom = Element # synonyms

lithium = Atom(3, "Li", "Lithium", 6.941, "Alkali metal")
print(lithium)  # __str__, then __repr__
print(lithium.__dict__)
print(lithium.protons)  # print(lithium.__getattr__('protons'))

import unittest

class Test_Element(unittest.TestCase):
    
    def test_instance(self):
        lithium = Atom(3, "Li", "Lithium", 6.941, "Alkali metal")
        self.assertEqual(lithium.protons, 3, "Houston, we have a problem")

a = Test_Element()  # the test suite
suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromModule(a) # fancy boilerplate
unittest.TextTestRunner().run(suite)  # run the test suite

class ElementEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
    """
    See:  https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/json.html
    """
    def default(self, obj):
        if isinstance(obj, Element):  # how to encode an Element
            return [obj.protons, obj.symbol, obj.long_name, obj.mass, obj.series]
        return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj) # just do your usual
            
# Element = namedtuple("Atom", "protons abbrev long_name mass")

def load_elements():
    global all_elements  # <--- will be visible to entire module
    try:
        the_file = "periodic_table.json"
        f = open(the_file, "r") # <--- open the_file instead
    except IOError:
        print("Sorry, no such file!")
    else:
        the_dict = json.load(f)
        f.close()
        all_elements = {}
        for symbol, data in the_dict.items():
            all_elements[symbol] = Atom(*data) # "explode" data into 5 inputs
        print("File:", the_file, 'loaded.')

load_elements()  # actually do it

def print_periodic_table(sortby=1):
    """
    sort all_elements by number of protons, ordered_elements local only
    What about series?
    Sort Order:
    1. protons
    2. symbol
    3. series
    """
    print("Selected:", sortby)
    
    if sortby == 1:
        ordered_elements = sorted(all_elements.values(), key = lambda k: k.protons)
    elif sortby == 2:
        ordered_elements = sorted(all_elements.values(), key = lambda k: k.symbol)        
    elif sortby == 3:
        ordered_elements = sorted(all_elements.values(), key = lambda k: k.series)
        
    print("PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS")
    print("-" * 70)
    print("Symbol |Long Name             |Protons |Mass   |Series  " )
    print("-" * 70)
   
    for the_atom in ordered_elements:
        print("{:6} | {:20} | {:6} | {:5.2f} | {:15}".format(the_atom.symbol,
                          the_atom.long_name,
                          the_atom.protons,
                          the_atom.mass,
                          the_atom.series))

print_periodic_table()  # do it for real