# {py:mod}`arelle.PythonUtil`

```{py:module} arelle.PythonUtil
```

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil
:allowtitles:
```

## Module Contents

### Classes

````{list-table}
:class: autosummary longtable
:align: left

* - {py:obj}`attrdict <arelle.PythonUtil.attrdict>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.attrdict
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`OrderedDefaultDict <arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedDefaultDict>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedDefaultDict
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`OrderedSet <arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet>`
  -
````

### Functions

````{list-table}
:class: autosummary longtable
:align: left

* - {py:obj}`py3unquote <arelle.PythonUtil.py3unquote>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.py3unquote
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`pyTypeName <arelle.PythonUtil.pyTypeName>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.pyTypeName
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`pyNamedObject <arelle.PythonUtil.pyNamedObject>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.pyNamedObject
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`lcStr <arelle.PythonUtil.lcStr>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.lcStr
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`strTruncate <arelle.PythonUtil.strTruncate>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.strTruncate
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`normalizeSpace <arelle.PythonUtil.normalizeSpace>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.normalizeSpace
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`flattenSequence <arelle.PythonUtil.flattenSequence>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.flattenSequence
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`flattenToSet <arelle.PythonUtil.flattenToSet>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.flattenToSet
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`Fraction <arelle.PythonUtil.Fraction>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.Fraction
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`pyObjectSize <arelle.PythonUtil.pyObjectSize>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.pyObjectSize
    :summary:
    ```
````

### Data

````{list-table}
:class: autosummary longtable
:align: left

* - {py:obj}`STR_NUM_TYPES <arelle.PythonUtil.STR_NUM_TYPES>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.STR_NUM_TYPES
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`SEQUENCE_TYPES <arelle.PythonUtil.SEQUENCE_TYPES>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.SEQUENCE_TYPES
    :summary:
    ```
````

### API

````{py:data} STR_NUM_TYPES
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.STR_NUM_TYPES
:value: >
   ()

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.STR_NUM_TYPES
```

````

````{py:function} py3unquote(string, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace')
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.py3unquote

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.py3unquote
```
````

````{py:function} pyTypeName(object)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.pyTypeName

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.pyTypeName
```
````

````{py:function} pyNamedObject(name, *args, **kwargs)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.pyNamedObject

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.pyNamedObject
```
````

````{py:function} lcStr(value)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.lcStr

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.lcStr
```
````

````{py:function} strTruncate(value, length) -> str
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.strTruncate

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.strTruncate
```
````

````{py:function} normalizeSpace(s: arelle.typing.OptionalString) -> arelle.typing.OptionalString
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.normalizeSpace

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.normalizeSpace
```
````

````{py:data} SEQUENCE_TYPES
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.SEQUENCE_TYPES
:value: >
   ()

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.SEQUENCE_TYPES
```

````

````{py:function} flattenSequence(x, sequence=None) -> list[typing.Any]
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.flattenSequence

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.flattenSequence
```
````

````{py:function} flattenToSet(x, _set=None)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.flattenToSet

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.flattenToSet
```
````

````{py:class} attrdict(*args, **kwargs)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.attrdict

Bases: {py:obj}`dict`

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.attrdict
```

```{rubric} Initialization
```

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.attrdict.__init__
```

````

`````{py:class} OrderedDefaultDict(*args)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedDefaultDict

Bases: {py:obj}`collections.OrderedDict`

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedDefaultDict
```

```{rubric} Initialization
```

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedDefaultDict.__init__
```

````{py:method} __missing__(key)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedDefaultDict.__missing__

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedDefaultDict.__missing__
```

````

`````

`````{py:class} OrderedSet(iterable=None)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet

Bases: {py:obj}`collections.abc.MutableSet`

````{py:method} __len__()
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet.__len__

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet.__len__
```

````

````{py:method} __contains__(key)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet.__contains__

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet.__contains__
```

````

````{py:method} add(key)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet.add

````

````{py:method} update(other)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet.update

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet.update
```

````

````{py:method} discard(key)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet.discard

````

````{py:method} __iter__()
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet.__iter__

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet.__iter__
```

````

````{py:method} __reversed__()
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet.__reversed__

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet.__reversed__
```

````

````{py:method} pop(last=True)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet.pop

````

````{py:method} __repr__()
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet.__repr__

````

````{py:method} __eq__(other)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.OrderedSet.__eq__

````

`````

````{py:function} Fraction(numerator, denominator=None)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.Fraction

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.Fraction
```
````

````{py:function} pyObjectSize(obj, seen=None)
:canonical: arelle.PythonUtil.pyObjectSize

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.PythonUtil.pyObjectSize
```
````