Adding a new file for utility methods

src/resources/__init__.py

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+"""
+    Author: Denis Nutiu <denis.nutiu@gmail.com>
+    This file is part of scoreboard-benchmark.
+
+    scoreboard-benchmark  is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    scoreboard-benchmark  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with scoreboard-benchmark .  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""

src/resources/utilities.py

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+"""
+    Author: Denis Nutiu <denis.nutiu@gmail.com>
+    This file is part of scoreboard-benchmark.
+
+    scoreboard-benchmark  is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    scoreboard-benchmark  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with scoreboard-benchmark .  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+
+def to_zero_count(page_no):
+    try:
+        page_no = int(page_no) - 1
+        if page_no < 0:
+            page_no = 0
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):  # page_no is not an int
+        page_no = 0
+    return page_no