Installation and Use

partialsmiles is a Python library. It can be installed with pip:

pip install -U partialsmiles

The library provides a single API function, ParseSmiles.

ParseSmiles(smi, partial=False)

Parse a SMILES string, by default treating it as a complete SMILES string. Note that even where partial is set to True, appending a space or a tab causes it to be treated as a complete string.

To test, try the following at the Python prompt.:

>>> import partialsmiles as ps
>>> ps.__version__
1.0
>>> mol = ps.ParseSmiles("CC(", partial=False)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
partialsmiles.exceptions.SMILESSyntaxError: 1 branch has not been closed
  CC(
     ^
>>> mol = ps.ParseSmiles("CC(", partial=True)
>>> # no error message

You should now read the rest of the documentation (there isn’t that much) to avoid any surprises!

If you have any problems or find a bug, please file an issue at https://github.com/baoilleach/partialsmiles/issues.

If this library is used to obtain results for publication, please acknowledge its use, including the version and any modifications made. One way to cite it would be N.M. O'Boyle. partialsmiles, version 1.0. Available from https://github.com/baoilleach/partialsmiles.