QRegExp for strings with numbers

[roseicollis]

Hi!

I need a regexp which accepts a string (maximum 30 characters/Slots) with:

- letters from A to Z (not Á or Ñ or Ë...)
- numbers
- spaces
- signs: . , -

No matter the order so valid examples are :

- Hello how are you
- Hi. My -name- is ... mm

I was trying with that but it just accepts letters and numbers:

QRegExp rx7("[A-Z0-9]{0,30}");
    QValidator *validator7 = new QRegExpValidator(rx7, this);
    myLineEdit->setValidator(validator7);

QRegExp rx7("[A-Z0-9]{0,30}");
    QValidator *validator7 = new QRegExpValidator(rx7, this);
    myLineEdit->setValidator(validator7);

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Thank you so much

[wysota]

It only accepts letters and numbers because that's what your regexp contains. You have to put the remaining allowed characters in the selector as well.

[roseicollis]

Hi wysota,

Yes I knwo but I don't know how to put dot, coma, spaces and - too. Tried also with that but it accepts too !"··%$&%((/=)**^¨`+

QRegExp rx7("[A-Z.- 0-9]{0,30}");

QRegExp rx7("[A-Z.- 0-9]{0,30}");

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[anda_skoa]

That's because an unescaped dot in a regular expression means "match anything".

Cheers,
_

[Lesiok]

Read about "special characters in regexp". It should looks like :

QRegExp rx7("[A-Z\\.\\- 0-9]{0,30}");

QRegExp rx7("[A-Z\\.\\- 0-9]{0,30}");

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Double backslash derived from the principles of code C / C ++.

[roseicollis]

wow didn't know that about dot anda_skoa

Thanks Lesiok for the clear example You all helped me so much in a moment.