Added filter for chirality NO_JIRA

scripts/refcodes_with_properties/entry_property_calculator.py

@@ -85,6 +85,20 @@ def __call__(self, theobject):
         return value >= self.minimum and value <= self.maximum
 
 
+class _ValueFilter(_Filter):
+    def __init__(self, args):
+        values = [p for p in args.split()]
+        #To do: add option for two values?
+        self.expected_value = values[0]
+
+    def value(self, theobject):
+        raise NotImplementedError  # override this
+
+    def __call__(self, theobject):
+        value = self.value(theobject)
+        return value == self.expected_value
+
+
 class AllowedAtomicNumbersFilter(_Filter):
     def __init__(self, args):
         self.allowed_atomic_numbers = [int(atomic_number) for atomic_number in args.strip().split()]
@@ -413,6 +427,30 @@ def value(self, entry):
 register(SpacegroupNumberFilter)
 
 
+class ChiralityFilter(_ValueFilter):
+    def __init__(self, args):
+        super().__init__(args)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def name():
+        return "chirality"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def helptext():
+        return "specify the chirality value to be used as filter"
+
+    def value(self, entry):
+        try:
+            molecule = entry.crystal.molecule
+            chirality = next((atom.chirality for atom in molecule.atoms if atom.is_chiral), None)
+            return chirality
+        except TypeError:
+            return 0
+
+
+register(ChiralityFilter)
+
+
 class FilterEvaluation(object):
     def __init__(self):
         self._methods = []

scripts/refcodes_with_properties/refcodes_with_properties.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
     outfile = sys.stdout
     if args.output_file is not None:
-        outfile = open(args.output_file, 'wb')
+        outfile = open(args.output_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8')
 
     filterer = entry_property_calculator.parse_control_file(open(control_file, "r").readlines())
 
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@
     else:
         for entry in reader:
             if filterer.evaluate(entry):
-                outfile.write(entry.identifier + "\n")
+                outfile.write(entry.identifier + "\n")