Or maybe the IS_ALPHANUMERIC can be extended and receive aditional argument 'filter' to allow only letters or only numbers
IS_ALPHANUMERIC(error_message='....', filter='numbers') # to allow only digits IS_ALPHANUMERIC(error_message='....', filter='letters') # to allow letters can have some filter to allow special, underscores etc... http://web2py.com/book/default/docstring/IS_ALPHANUMERIC On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Saurabh Sawant <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I think these validators would be a nice addition to the great set of > validators we already have. They can be useful for fields for names > and phone numbers. > > > class IS_LETTERS(Validator): > """ > Checks if field's value consists of all letters > > example:: > > INPUT(_type='text', _name='name', requires=IS_LETTERS()) > > >>> IS_LETTERS()("A") > ('A', None) > >>> IS_LETTERS()("") > ('', None) > >>> IS_LETTERS()("A_") > ('A_', 'enter only letters') > >>> IS_LETTERS()("!") > ('!', 'enter only letters') > """ > > def __init__(self, error_message='enter only letters'): > IS_MATCH.__init__(self, '^[A-Za-z]*$', error_message) > > class IS_DIGITS(Validator): > """ > Checks if field's value consists of all numeric digits > > example:: > > INPUT(_type='text', _name='name', requires=IS_DIGITS()) > > >>> IS_NUMBERS()("1") > ('1', None) > >>> IS_NUMBERS()("") > ('', None) > >>> IS_NUMBERS()("A") > ('A', 'enter only numbers') > >>> IS_NUMBERS()("!") > ('!', 'enter only numbers') > """ > > def __init__(self, error_message='enter only digits'): > IS_MATCH.__init__(self, '^[0-9]*$', error_message) > > > Regards, > Saurabh Sawant -- -- Bruno Rocha [ About me: http://zerp.ly/rochacbruno ] [ Aprenda a programar: http://CursoDePython.com.br ] [ O seu aliado nos cuidados com os animais: http://AnimalSystem.com.br ] [ Consultoria em desenvolvimento web: http://www.blouweb.com ]

