requires = IS_MATCH('^[A-Z]\d[A-Z][\- ]?\d[A-Z]\d$',error_message='not a
zip code')
On Monday, 24 September 2012 20:13:03 UTC-5, Don_X wrote:
>
> Hello web2py users :
>
> Validating if numbers or decimals are entered on a form seem to be very
> straight forward and easy enough ! whether it is a phone number or a US
> postal code :
> Like for example a US postal code would go like this :
>
> requires = IS_MATCH('^\d{5}(-\d{4})?$',error_message='not a zip code')
>>
>>
> however, a Canadian postal code on the other hand is another story :
>
> a Canadian postal code is configured like this : Letter#Letter #Letter#
> an example would be : A1B 2C3, or A1B-2C3, or again A1B2C3 : All these 3
> postal codes are the same and equivalent in the Canadian postal code scheme
> !
>
> How would I go about validating such input into a field on a form in
> python / web2py ???
>
> it seems that there is no easy simple way to do this ! ... is there a set
> of alphabetic characters only .... without numbers in python / web2py ? I
> only found alpha numeric characters that take numbers as characters !! and
> it is not what I want !! ..
>
> Please help !
>
> thank you
>
> Don
>
>
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