A question about a metacharacter

[igbt]

I am creating a simple script which is using gtk. In this script you
must enter a text, if you do not enter anything or you enter a dot,
the script will be finished. However, if you don't enter anything the
script works but if you enter a dot (.) the script does not work. I
was investigating about it and I think the problem is with the dot
character sss == "." . I was trying the same line with other
metacharacters like *, (, ) ... and I found the same problem. I was
looking for an example where I could see the way I could do it without
any error but I did not find it. Could somebody tell me how can I
solve this error?



sss = entryName.get_t ext() # The script gets the text
if sss == "" or sss == ".":
gtk.main_quit() #The script finishes


Thanks ; -)

[Chris]

Re: A question about a metacharacter

On Mar 20, 1:19 pm, igbt <lun...@gmail.c omwrote:

I am creating a simple script which is using gtk. In this script you
must enter a text, if you do not enter anything or you enter a dot,
the script will be finished. However, if you don't enter anything the
script works but if you enter a dot (.) the script does not work. I
was investigating about it and I think the problem is with the dot
character  sss == "." .  I was trying the same line with other
metacharacters like *, (, ) ...  and I found the same problem. I was
looking for an example where I could see the way I could do it without
any error but I did not find it. Could somebody tell me how can I
solve this error?
>
sss = entryName.get_t ext()      # The script gets the text
        if sss == "" or sss == ".":
                gtk.main_quit()        #The scriptfinishes
>
Thanks ; -)

try this.

sss = entryName.get_t ext()
if not sss.strip() or sss.strip() == '.':
gtk.main_quit()

I wouldn't be suprised if your input is being captured with End-Of-
Line characters which would cause the mis-match.

[igbt]

Re: A question about a metacharacter

On 20 mar, 12:38, Chris <cwi...@gmail.c omwrote:

On Mar 20, 1:19 pm, igbt <lun...@gmail.c omwrote:
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>
>

I am creating a simple script which is using gtk. In this script you
must enter a text, if you do not enter anything or you enter a dot,
the script will be finished. However, if you don't enter anything the
script works but if you enter a dot (.) the script does not work. I
was investigating about it and I think the problem is with the dot
character sss == "." . I was trying the same line with other
metacharacters like *, (, ) ... and I found the same problem. I was
looking for an example where I could see the way I could do it without
any error but I did not find it. Could somebody tell me how can I
solve this error?

>

sss = entryName.get_t ext() # The script gets the text
if sss == "" or sss == ".":
gtk.main_quit() #The script finishes

>

Thanks ; -)

>
try this.
>
sss = entryName.get_t ext()
if not sss.strip() or sss.strip() == '.':
gtk.main_quit()
>
I wouldn't be suprised if your input is being captured with End-Of-
Line characters which would cause the mis-match.

It does not work. Thanks for your help

[ajaksu]

Re: A question about a metacharacter

On Mar 20, 8:19 am, igbt <lun...@gmail.c omwrote:

However, if you don't enter anything the
script works but if you enter a dot (.) the script does not work.

Have you tried it with other non-metacharacter values?

sss = entryName.get_t ext()      # The script gets the text
        if sss == "" or sss == ".":
                gtk.main_quit()        #The scriptfinishes
>

Try adding this:
else:
print sss, type(sss)

Good luck!
Daniel