inputvalidate

Do you always find yourself having to write extra code every project to validate the input given by users? Then use inputvalidate - a Python package containing various functions to validate user input.

Calvin Chan calvinchan4370z@gmail.com MIT License

Example Usage

Code:

from inputvalidate import get_int

user_age = get_int('Your age (0-99 yrs): ', min=0, max=99)
print(f'You are {user_age} years old.')

Terminal:

Your age (0-99 yrs): twelve
Your age (0-99 yrs): 20.5
Your age (0-99 yrs): -2
Your age (0-99 yrs): 16
You are 16 years old.
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Functions

get_int

get_int(prompt, **kwargs)

Prompts user for an input, expecting an int. Repeats until an int is properly inputted, then returns the int.

kwargs:

• min: Set min value acceptable
• max: Set max value acceptable

get_float

get_float(prompt, **kwargs)

Prompts user for an input, expecting a float. Repeats until a number is properly inputted, then returns the input as a float.

kwargs:

• min: Set min value acceptable
• max: Set max value acceptable

get_number

get_number(prompt, **kwargs)

Prompts user for a number. Repeats until a number is properly inputted, then returns the input as an int/float, depending on what was inputted.

kwargs:

• min: Set min value acceptable
• max: Set max value acceptable

get_string

get_string(prompt, **kwargs)

Prompts user for an input, expecting a string. Repeats until an string is properly inputted, then returns the string

kwargs:

• min: Set min length acceptable
• max: Set max length acceptable
• nospace: Set to True if input must contain no spaces. Default: False

get_bool

get_bool(prompt)

Prompts user for a True/False answer. Repeats until user inputs True or False, ignoring caps, then returns True or False

get_yesno

get_yesno(prompt)

Prompts user for a yes/no answer. Repeats until the first letter of the input is y/n, ignoring caps, then returns 'y' / 'n'

Aliases:

• get_yn

get_tf

get_tf(prompt)

Prompts user for a t/f answer. Repeats until the first letter of the input is t/f, ignoring caps, then returns 't' / 'f'

get_word

get_word(prompt)

Prompts user for a single word of only alphabet letters. Repeats until a word is properly inputted, then returns the word as a string

get_char

get_char(prompt)

Prompts user for a single ASCII character. Repeats until a character is properly inputted, then returns the char as a string