pylabrobot.lib.liquid_handling.pipette_batch_scheduling.validate_channel_selections

pylabrobot.lib.liquid_handling.pipette_batch_scheduling.validate_channel_selections(containers: List[Container], num_channels: int, use_channels: List[int] | None = None) → List[int]

Validate and normalize channel selection.

If use_channels is None, defaults to [0, 1, ..., len(containers)-1].

Returns:

Validated list of channel indices.

Raises:

ValueError – If channels are empty, out of range, or if containers and use_channels have different lengths.

Parameters:

• containers (List[Container])

• num_channels (int)

• use_channels (List[int] | None)

Return type:

List[int]