move create_file_list to Houdini's lib

client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/api/lib.py

@@ -1156,3 +1156,39 @@ def prompt_reset_context():
         update_content_on_context_change()
 
     dialog.deleteLater()
+
+
+def create_file_list(match, start_frame, end_frame):
+    """Collect files based on frame range and `regex.match`
+
+    Args:
+        match(re.match): match object
+        start_frame(int): start of the animation
+        end_frame(int): end of the animation
+
+    Returns:
+        list
+
+    """
+
+    # Get the padding length
+    frame = match.group(1)
+    padding = len(frame)
+
+    # Get the parts of the filename surrounding the frame number,
+    # so we can put our own frame numbers in.
+    span = match.span(1)
+    prefix = match.string[: span[0]]
+    suffix = match.string[span[1]:]
+
+    # Generate filenames for all frames
+    result = []
+    for i in range(start_frame, end_frame + 1):
+
+        # Format frame number by the padding amount
+        str_frame = "{number:0{width}d}".format(number=i, width=padding)
+
+        file_name = prefix + str_frame + suffix
+        result.append(file_name)
+
+    return result