Question

Im using gtk2x, python 2.7.3 and I need to make a list from values entered in one of the gtkEntry textboxes. Is there any “simple” way to go around this?

Global variable def:

groupID = []

Definition of the gtkEntry box:

      <object class="GtkEntry" id="gtkENTRY1">
        <property name="visible">True</property>
        <property name="can_focus">True</property>
        <property name="invisible_char">●</property>
        <property name="text" translatable="yes">-</property>
        <property name="primary_icon_activatable">False</property>
        <property name="secondary_icon_activatable">False</property>
        <property name="primary_icon_sensitive">True</property>
        <property name="secondary_icon_sensitive">True</property>
      </object>

Getting object:

self.gID = builder.get_object("gtkENTRY1")

Getting text from the object:

groupID = self.gID.get_text()

Values entered:

value1,value2

Needed output:

list = [value1,value2]

Actual output:

list = [v,a,l,u,e,1,v,a,l,u,e,2]

Answer 1

If somebody would like to know and for future reference, I allready solved this by RE split. Something like this:

list = re.split(r"\s*[,;]\s*", groupID.strip())