Package web2py :: Package gluon :: Module validators :: Class IS_MATCH
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Class IS_MATCH

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object --+    
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 Validator --+
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            IS_MATCH
Known Subclasses:
IS_ALPHANUMERIC

example:
   INPUT(_type='text', _name='name', requires=IS_MATCH('.+'))
the argument of IS_MATCH is a regular expression:
   >>> IS_MATCH('.+')('hello')
   ('hello', None)

   >>> IS_MATCH('hell')('hello')
   ('hello', 'invalid expression')

   >>> IS_MATCH('hell.*', strict=False)('hello')
   ('hello', None)

   >>> IS_MATCH('hello')('shello')
   ('shello', 'invalid expression')

   >>> IS_MATCH('hello', search=True)('shello')
   ('hello', None)

   >>> IS_MATCH('hello', search=True, strict=False)('shellox')
   ('hello', None)

   >>> IS_MATCH('.*hello.*', search=True, strict=False)('shellox')
   ('shellox', None)

   >>> IS_MATCH('.+')('')
   ('', 'invalid expression')


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__init__(self, expression, error_message='invalid expression', strict=True, search=True)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature
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__call__(self, value) source code

Inherited from Validator: formatter

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __str__

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Inherited from object: __class__

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__init__(self, expression, error_message='invalid expression', strict=True, search=True)
(Constructor)

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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature
Overrides: object.__init__
(inherited documentation)