code: def _check_emphasis(numbers, emph):
      "Find index postions in list of numbers to be emphasized according to emph."
  
      pat = '(\w+)\:(eq|gt|ge|lt|le)\:(.+)'
      # find values to be highlighted
      emphasized = {} # index: color
      for (i, n) in enumerate(numbers):
          if n is None:
              continue
          for em in emph:
              color, op, value = re.match(pat, em).groups()
              value = float(value)
              if op == 'eq' and n == value:
                  emphasized[i] = color
              elif op == 'gt' and n > value:
                  emphasized[i] = color
              elif op == 'ge' and n >= value:
                  emphasized[i] = color
              elif op == 'lt' and n < value:
                  emphasized[i] = color
              elif op == 'le' and n <= value:
                  emphasized[i] = color
      return emphasizef _check_emphasis(numbers, emph):
      "Find index postions in list of numbers to be emphasized according to emph."
  
      pat = '(\w+)\:(eq|gt|ge|lt|le)\:(.+)'
      # find values to be highlighted
      emphasized = {} # index: color
      for (i, n) in enumerate(numbers):
          if n is None:
              continue
          for em in emph:
              color, op, value = re.match(pat, em).groups()
              value = float(value)
              if op == 'eq' and n == value:
                  emphasized[i] = color
              elif op == 'gt' and n > value:
                  emphasized[i] = color
              elif op == 'ge' and n >= value:
                  emphasized[i] = color
              elif op == 'lt' and n < value:
                  emphasized[i] = color
              elif op == 'le' and n <= value:
                  emphasized[i] = color
      return emphasized
docs: Find index postions in list of numbers to be emphasized according to emph.