X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fform_field_validation.3x;h=1778bacbddc5e0311dfb87ea9fd0ffbf0aaf0f3e;hp=175268b49ea99fadcc4f9a96edc8618dd66e3532;hb=fc79b49bd8a9c5e4db287514cdac46e1691cf48a;hpb=027ae42953e3186daed8f3882da73de48291b606 diff --git a/man/form_field_validation.3x b/man/form_field_validation.3x index 175268b4..1778bacb 100644 --- a/man/form_field_validation.3x +++ b/man/form_field_validation.3x @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: form_field_validation.3x,v 1.15 2006/11/04 17:14:19 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: form_field_validation.3x,v 1.17 2008/12/14 19:22:16 juergen Exp $ .TH form_field_validation 3X "" .SH NAME \fBform_field_validation\fR - data type validation for fields @@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ argument pointing to a string list; a fourth \fBint\fR flag argument to enable case-sensitivity; and a fifth \fBint\fR flag argument specifying whether a partial match must be a unique one (if this flag is off, a prefix matches the first of any set of more than one list elements with that prefix). Please notice -that the string list is not copied, only a reference to it is stored in the -field. So you should avoid using a list that lives in automatic variables -on the stack. +that the string list is copied. So you may use a list that lives in automatic variables on the stack. .TP 5 TYPE_INTEGER Integer data, parsable to an integer by \fBatoi(3)\fR. Requires a third @@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ For details of the precision handling see \fBprintf's\fR man-page. TYPE_REGEXP Regular expression data. Requires a regular expression \fB(char *)\fR third argument; the data is valid if the regular expression matches it. Regular expressions -are in the format of \fBregcomp\fR(3X) and \fBregexec\fR(3X). Please notice +are in the format of \fBregcomp\fR and \fBregexec\fR. Please notice that the regular expression must match the whole field. If you have for example an eight character wide field, a regular expression "^[0-9]*$" always means that you have to fill all eight positions with digits. If you want to