Re: [Configobj-develop] Validate a list

[Michael F. <fuz...@vo...>]

On 28/07/2010 12:16, Tom wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i use a configspec and want to validate a string_list. How to do this?
>
> My configspec contains:
> days = list(min=7, max=7, default=list('Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu',
> 'Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun'))
>
>
> How can i check that the days-list only contains possible values (like
> Mon) and not something like 'testday' ?
>
> What i need is something like a multioption list.
>
> I want to use this for a web-interface with checkboxes.
>    

Hello Tom,

validate doesn't include an "option list" validation built in, but it 
would be very easy to add. See this article on writing and using custom 
validators and look at the validate source code (very short) for some 
examples:

http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/configobj.shtml#writing-a-custom-check

All the best,

Michael Foord

>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom
>
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