release an assignment

You can release an assignment in 1 or 2 ways:

  1. Using the command line tool.

  2. Using nbchkr as a library.

Using the command line tool

Given a source assignment main.ipynb:

$ nbchkr release --source main.ipynb --output assignment.ipynb

This creates assignment.ipynb with relevant cells removed which can then be distributed to students.

Using nbchkr as a library

All of nbchkr’s functionality is exposed to the user as a library.

Importing the relevant libraries:

>>> import pathlib
>>> import nbchkr.utils

Reading in the source notebook main.ipynb and removing relevant cells:

>>> nb_path = pathlib.Path("main.ipynb")
>>> nb_node = nbchkr.utils.read(nb_path=nb_path)
>>> student_nb = nbchkr.utils.remove_cells(nb_node=nb_node)

Writing the assignment notebooks assignment.ipynb:

>>> output_path = pathlib.Path("assignment.ipynb")
>>> nbchkr.utils.write(output_path=output_path, nb_node=nb_node)

Note that the nbchkr.utils.remove_cells function can take as arguments different regex patterns and replacement strings which allows flexibility for how to write your notebooks.

Writing a slightly different regex for solution delimiters:

>>> import re
>>> solution_regex = re.compile(r"### SOLUTION START[\s\S](.*?)[\s\S]### SOLUTION END", re.DOTALL)

Writing a different replacement text, this is what the student will see instead of the solution:

>>> solution_repl = "# Write your solution here"

Removing the cells:

>>> student_nb = nbchkr.utils.remove_cells(nb_node=nb_node, solution_regex=solution_regex, solution_repl=solution_repl)