Library for simulating the combined impact of patterns over time

[TimoKats]

Hi all, I made a Python library that can simulate the effect of different patterns over time. For example, the combined effect of a growing salary, inflation, spending, etc. (But also non financial things).

Looking for ideas and feedback. Developers that want to contribute are welcome! . Below you can see a python sample of using this library.

GITHUB: https://github.com/TimoKats/pylan
PYPI: https://pypi.org/project/pylan-lib/

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

from pylan import AddGrow, Item, Subtract

savings = Item(start_value=100)
dividends = AddGrow("90d", 100, "1y", 1.1) # the dividend will grow with 10% each year
growing_salary = AddGrow("1m", 2500, "1y", 1.2, offset="24d") # every month 24th
mortgage = Subtract("0 0 2 * *", 1500)  # cron support

savings.add_patterns([growing_salary, dividends, mortgage])
result = savings.run("2024-1-1", "2028-1-1")

x, y = result.plot_axes()

plt.plot(x, y)
plt.show()

[Gribouillis]

Beware that your package depends on module 'croniter' which describes itself as abandonware and may disappear completely very soon!

[TimoKats]

Beware that your package depends on module 'croniter' which describes itself as abandonware and may disappear completely very soon!

Wow good catch! I will replace that library with something else. Do you have any suggestions for an alternative library?

[Gribouillis]

Do you have any suggestions for an alternative library?

No but you'll probably find candidates in Pypi, such as 'schedule' or 'python-crontab'. You could also quickly download croniter's code and include parts of it in your project.

[TimoKats]

Do you have any suggestions for an alternative library?

No but you'll probably find candidates in Pypi, such as 'schedule' or 'python-crontab'. You could also quickly download croniter's code and include parts of it in your project.

I eventually changed to the cron-converter library. Thanks again for noting this!