astropy.extern.configobj.validate:is_string

Extended Summary

You can optionally specify the minimum and maximum number of members.

>>> vtor.check('string', '0')
'0'
>>> vtor.check('string', 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
VdtTypeError: the value "0" is of the wrong type.
>>> vtor.check('string(2)', '12')
'12'
>>> vtor.check('string(2)', '1')
Traceback (most recent call last):
VdtValueTooShortError: the value "1" is too short.
>>> vtor.check('string(min=2, max=3)', '123')
'123'
>>> vtor.check('string(min=2, max=3)', '1234')
Traceback (most recent call last):
VdtValueTooLongError: the value "1234" is too long.