Topic: Can Spaces be used in "GETSTRING"?

[A_LOTA_NOTA]

Can flags be set to let the user enter spaces when promted by "GETSTRING"? Is so how?

(setq DwgName (getstring "\nEnter Drawing Name: "))

I want the user to be able to enter this "9513C A"

Thanks

[Guest]

Yup!

(setq s (getstring T "What's your full name? "))

[A_LOTA_NOTA]

I have tried that but it doesn't work if the user adds a leading space by mistake. Not on my machine anyway.....

[CADaver]

Works fine on mine.  did you add the "T"??

[A_LOTA_NOTA]

Yes... I even tried the example he posted.

(setq s (getstring T "What's your full name? "))

Gets hosed if I add a leading space.

[MP]

Gets hosed if I add a leading space.

(vl-string-trim " \t\n\r"
    (getstring t "Enter stuff: ")
)

[Guest]

Yes... I even tried the example he posted.

(setq s (getstring T "What's your full name? "))

Gets hosed if I add a leading space.

No it doesn't...

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(defun C:GetGString ( / )
   (setq s (getstring T "What's your full name? "))
   (alert s)
   (princ)
)

[Keith™]

Try this at the command line:

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!T

If it returns nil, then you have redefined T somewhere in some code .. I had a novice programmer do that some years ago and it took me a while to figure it out.

[A_LOTA_NOTA]

No it doesn't...

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(defun C:GetGString ( / )
   (setq s (getstring T "What's your full name? "))
   (alert s)
   (princ)
)[/quote]

If I put a leading space then a letter ("  A9513C A") it works fine. But if I do a space then a number ("  9513C A") it doesn't work.

[Guest]

First it was a leading space.
Now it's a leading space AND then an integer.


Either way, it still works.

[T.Willey]

I don't know why it doesn't work for you, but it works for me.  Here is a copy from the command line.

Command: (getstring T "\n Testing: ")

 Testing:  567
" 567"

Command: (getstring T "\n Testing: ")

 Testing:  happy
" happy"

You can see that both have a leading space.

[A_LOTA_NOTA]

First it was a leading space.
Now it's a leading space AND then an integer.


Either way, it still works.

Well I didn't know about the integer until doing some tests. Guess it is just my machine! Thanks for the help.

[A_LOTA_NOTA]

I don't know why it doesn't work for you, but it works for me.  Here is a copy from the command line.

Command: (getstring T "\n Testing: ")

 Testing:  567
" 567"

Command: (getstring T "\n Testing: ")

 Testing:  happy
" happy"

You can see that both have a leading space.

If I type this at the command prompt as you have done I get the same result as you. But if I run example posted by Matt. This is what I get.

Command: !S
" "

[CADaver]

I don't know why it doesn't work for you, but it works for me.  Here is a copy from the command line.

Command: (getstring T "\n Testing: ")

 Testing:  567
" 567"

Command: (getstring T "\n Testing: ")

 Testing:  happy
" happy"

You can see that both have a leading space.

If I type this at the command prompt as you have done I get the same result as you. But if I run example posted by Matt. This is what I get.

Command: !S
" "

Texteval??  Nah, works for me either way.

[Keith™]

What happens if you press !T at the command line?

I suspect you are not doing something correctly as AutoCAD always interprets the space as a string if you are using the T in the getstring command.

It works perfectly for me here ... perhaps you are making your variable S local to some code ... it is really hard to guess what could be wrong without a little help from you, other than "it don't work". ... maybe a copyclip from the command line, the code you are trying to put it in, a screen shot, something ... anything ... will be better than nothing.