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Old 08-08-2006
Power restricting user input as required
Hi,

I want the user to enter only numeric values and also he should only enter
2 digits only ( eg 23 or 23 or 03 any 2 digits)

For the above purpose how should i declare my variable ?
integer value

if I read 03 in variable value then it gives me error ...also user can enter n number of digits ..how can i restrict it to only 2 digits ...

Thanks ...
# 2  
Old 08-09-2006
Java
Why not try to use the regular expressions?
It's just the thing for you.
# 3  
Old 08-09-2006
some problem
Quote:
Originally Posted by zhou
Why not try to use the regular expressions?
It's just the thing for you.
i can use regular expressions to check whether entered string is numeric or character one ... but how can i restrict it to 2 or 3 digits only ?
# 4  
Old 08-09-2006
From man sh

Code:
       read [-ers] [-u fd] [-t timeout] [-a aname] [-p prompt] [-n nchars] [-d
       delim] [name ...]
              -n nchars
                     read returns after reading nchars characters rather  than
                     waiting for a complete line of input.

I couldnt find anything similiar for ksh. Hmm...

Or a more generalized way would be to see what this post holds - making a .sh wait for user input
# 5  
Old 08-09-2006
Bug
Quote:
Originally Posted by dhananjayk
i can use regular expressions to check whether entered string is numeric or character one ... but how can i restrict it to 2 or 3 digits only ?
the express is \d{2,3}
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