Extract common functional tools to separate package.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/quality_control/parsing.py b/quality_control/parsing.py
index 5fc5f62..5b21716 100644
--- a/quality_control/parsing.py
+++ b/quality_control/parsing.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ from quality_control.errors import (
 from quality_control.headers import (
     invalid_header, invalid_headings, duplicate_headings)
 
+from functional_tools import take
+
 class FileType(Enum):
     """Enumerate the expected file types"""
     AVERAGE = 1
@@ -121,15 +123,3 @@ def collect_errors(
 
             if update_progress:
                 update_progress(line_number, line)
-
-def take(iterable: Iterable, num: int) -> list:
-    """Take at most `num` items from `iterable`."""
-    iterator = iter(iterable)
-    items = []
-    try:
-        for i in range(0, num): # pylint: disable=[unused-variable]
-            items.append(next(iterator))
-
-        return items
-    except StopIteration:
-        return items