Validating Tkinter Entry Box

2024/10/5 20:24:41

I am trying to validate my entry box, that only accepts floats, digits, and operators (+×÷-, %). But my program only accepts numbers not symbols.

I think it is a problem with my conditions or Python Regex.

Here's the code:

from tkinter import *
import reroot = Tk()
def correct(inp):pattern = re.compile(r'^(\d*\.?\d*)$')if pattern.match(inp) is not None:return Trueelif inp is "":return Trueelse:return Falsea = Entry(root)
e = root.register(correct)
a.config(validate='key', validatecommand=(e, '%P'))
a.pack()root.mainloop()
Answer

Your regexp only matches floats: \d*.?\d* matches digits followed optionally by a dot and more digits. If what you want to match is a pattern like [float][operator][float], then you can use (just add the operators you want in the square brackets):

pattern = re.compile(r'^\d*\.?\d*[+*/\-%]?\d*\.?\d*$')

If you don't care about the order and just want to allow any sequence of numbers and operators:

pattern = re.compile(r'^[\d.+*/\-%]*$')
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