scanning for numerals / letters

[Dale Strickland-Clark]

What about this?

import re
if not form.get('date'):
        print "Tsk! No date entered."
        raise Exception

if re.search('[a-zA-Z]', form.get('date')):
        print "Tsk! No fancy date words."
        raise Exception

date = form.get('date')

if not form.get('purchases'):
        print "Tsk! Are you buying or not?"
        raise Exception

if re.search('[0-9]', form.get('purchases')):
        print "Tsk! For some reason, you can't buy anything with numbers in it."
        raise Exception

purchases = form.get('purchases')


Kun wrote:

> I have the following if statement that checks if a form is empty:
> 
>      if form.has_key("date") and form["date"].value != "":
>          date=form['date'].value
> 
>      else:
>          print "ERROR: No date entered!"
>          raise Exception
> 
> I would also like to add another if statement checking if 'date' has any
> letters (a-z) in it, and if so, would like to say that "you have to
> enter a date with numbers".  I am not sure how to alter my current if
> statement to do that check so any assistance would be appreciated.
> 
> 
> On the flip side, I also have a field called 'purchases' where the user
> must enter non-numerals, thus i would also like to know how to scan to
> see if their entry has numerals and print 'please do not use numbers' if
> they did.
> 
> Thanks for your help.

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Dale Strickland-Clark
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