[PyKDE] QObject.findChildren doesn't work as expected with QRegExp

[Kerri Reno]

Phil,

I tried using raw strings, and got the same output.  Attached is a full 
example.

Kerri

Yuma Educational Computer Consortium
Compass Development Team
Kerri Reno
kreno at yumaed.org      (928) 502-4240




Phil Thompson wrote:
> On Friday 02 March 2007 2:53 am, Kerri Reno wrote:
>   
>> I have the following code:
>>
>> 	def testfindChildren(self):
>> 		hLayout = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
>> 		hLayout.setObjectName('hLayout_0')
>> 		self.searchLayout.addLayout(hLayout)
>>
>> 		print self.findChild(QtGui.QHBoxLayout,'hLayout_0')
>> 		children = self.findChildren(QtGui.QHBoxLayout,QtCore.QRegExp('\w*'))
>> 		for c in children:
>> 			print c.objectName()
>> 		print self.findChildren(QtGui.QHBoxLayout,QtCore.QRegExp('hLayout_\d'))
>>
>>
>> that gives me the following output:
>>
>> <PyQt4.QtGui.QHBoxLayout object at 0x019F0B70>
>> hLayout_0
>>
>> []
>>
>> The first line is returned from the findChild, the second (hLayout_0)
>> and third (blank line) are returned from print c.objectName().
>>
>> The one I need, findChildren with a QRegex does not return hLayout_0 in
>> the list.  Am I doing something wrong here?  Is this a bug?  I can't see
>> anything in the docs that explains what's happening.
>>     
>
> The escaping is certainly wrong - try using raw strings.
>
> Otherwise post a complete example that demonstrates the problem.
>
> Phil
>
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import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore

class testFindChildren(QtGui.QDialog):

	def __init__(self):
		QtGui.QDialog.__init__(self)
		self.setWindowModality(QtCore.Qt.WindowModal)

		self.searchLayout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self)

		hLayout = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
		hLayout.setObjectName('hLayout_0')
		self.searchLayout.addLayout(hLayout)

		print self.findChild(QtGui.QHBoxLayout,r'hLayout_0')
		children = self.findChildren(QtGui.QHBoxLayout,QtCore.QRegExp(r'\w*'))
		for c in children:
			print c.objectName()
		print self.findChildren(QtGui.QHBoxLayout,QtCore.QRegExp(r'hLayout_\d'))


def main(args):
	app = QtGui.QApplication(args)
	mainWindow = testFindChildren()

	mainWindow.show()
	sys.exit(app.exec_())

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main(sys.argv)