def split_str2indexes(string: str, max_check: int, length_limit=5): if not isinstance(string, str): raise ValueError('Invalid scheme for {:}'.format(string)) srangestr = "".join(string.split()) indexes = set() for srange in srangestr.split(','): srange = srange.split('-') if len(srange) != 2: raise ValueError('invalid srange : {:}'.format(srange)) if length_limit is not None: assert len(srange[0]) == len(srange[1]) == length_limit, 'invalid srange : {:}'.format(srange) srange = (int(srange[0]), int(srange[1])) if not (0 <= srange[0] <= srange[1] < max_check): raise ValueError('{:} vs {:} vs {:}'.format(srange[0], srange[1], max_check)) for i in range(srange[0], srange[1]+1): indexes.add(i) return indexes