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Sometimes I need to make multiple copies of code with incrementing numbers.
In a form I'm coding, I need to make upwards of 12 checkboxes, each of which requires the following code:
self.checkBox1 = QtGui.QCheckBox()
self.checkBox1.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(20, 20, 70, 17))
self.checkBox1.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("checkBox1"))
The script below enables me to avoid the boring task of manually changing the numbers for each checkbox.
I just copy the 3 lines above into the windows clipboard, and then...
I insert "checkBox" into the first field in the form, "1" into the second field, and 12 into the third field.
When I hit the "ok" button, the 12 sequentially numbered copies of the 3 lines appear in the 4th field in the form.
I hope this provides some help to other people.
Here's my code:
# -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
duplicate_text_with_incrementing_nos_for_programming_and_paste_to_clipboard.py
Harvest text from clipboard and run functions below, and then paste back to clipboard
import sys
from PyQt4 import QtCore
from PyQt4 import QtGui
from PyQt4.QtCore import (Qt, SIGNAL)
from PyQt4.QtGui import (QApplication, QDialog, QHBoxLayout, QLabel,
QPushButton)
class Form(QDialog):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(Form, self).__init__(parent)
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
okButton01 = QtGui.QPushButton("OK")
cancelButton01 = QtGui.QPushButton("Cancel")
okButton01.clicked.connect(self.fn_okButton01_clicked)
cancelButton01.clicked.connect(QtCore.QCoreApplication.instance().quit)
self.cancelButton01 = cancelButton01
prefix_label = QtGui.QLabel('Prefix')
digit_label = QtGui.QLabel('Digit')
iterations_label = QtGui.QLabel('Iterations')
clip_label = QtGui.QLabel('Clip')
prefixEdit = QtGui.QLineEdit()
digitEdit = QtGui.QLineEdit()
iterationsEdit = QtGui.QLineEdit()
reviewEdit = QtGui.QTextEdit()
self.prefix_label = prefix_label
self.digit_label = digit_label
self.iterations_label = iterations_label
self.clip_label = clip_label
self.prefixEdit = prefixEdit
self.digitEdit = digitEdit
self.iterationsEdit = iterationsEdit
self.reviewEdit = reviewEdit
hbox01 = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
hbox01.addWidget(prefix_label)
hbox01.addWidget(prefixEdit)
hbox01.addWidget(digit_label)
hbox01.addWidget(digitEdit)
hbox01.addWidget(iterations_label)
hbox01.addWidget(iterationsEdit)
hbox03 = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
hbox03.addWidget(clip_label)
hbox03.addWidget(reviewEdit)
self.reviewEdit.setText(fn_getText())
hbox00 = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
hbox00.addStretch(1)
hbox00.addWidget(okButton01)
hbox00.addWidget(cancelButton01)
vbox0 = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
vbox0.addLayout(hbox01)
vbox0.addStretch(1)
vbox0.addLayout(hbox03)
vbox0.addStretch(1)
vbox0.addLayout(hbox00)
self.setLayout(vbox0)
self.setGeometry(300, 300, 600, 300) #class PySide.QtCore.QRectF(left, top, width, height) http://srinikom.github.com/pyside-docs/PySide/QtCore/QRectF.html#PySide.QtCore.QRectF
self.setWindowTitle('Duplicate Code Strings W/Increasing Numbers')
self.show()
def fn_okButton01_clicked(self):
prefixEditText = str(self.prefixEdit.text())
digitEditText = str(self.digitEdit.text())
iterationsEditText = str(self.iterationsEdit.text())
nutext = prefixEditText + ' ' + digitEditText + ' ' + iterationsEditText
print 'Line 89: nutext = ' + str(nutext)
original_clip = self.reviewEdit.toPlainText() # PySide.QtGui.QLineEdit.text(), http://srinikom.github.com/pyside-docs/PySide/QtGui/QLineEdit.html
txt2paste2clipbd = fn_duplicate_code_with_increments(texte=str(original_clip), no_of_copies=str(iterationsEditText), string_b4_digits=str(prefixEditText), digits=str(digitEditText))
self.reviewEdit.setPlainText(txt2paste2clipbd)
setWinClipText(txt2paste2clipbd)
#self.deleteLater()
#event.accept() #http://www.qtcentre.org/threads/20895-PyQt4-Want-to-connect-a-window-s-close-button
#self.destroy()
def formm():
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
form = Form()
form.show()
app.exec_()
def fn_getText():
# get text from clipboard
win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
text = win32clipboard.GetClipboardData(win32clipboard.CF_TEXT)
win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()
return text
def setWinClipText(aString):
# Send text to clipboard
import win32clipboard
win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
win32clipboard.EmptyClipboard()
win32clipboard.SetClipboardText(aString)
win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()
def fn_duplicate_code_with_increments(texte, no_of_copies, string_b4_digits, digits):
to do: combine args 2 and 3, and use re module to determine with chars are the digits to increment
import re
import string
i = 0
tempclipDup = texte[:]
temp_instance = ''
accumulator = ''
while i <= int(no_of_copies) - 1:
i +=1
orig_str = string_b4_digits + str(digits)
replact_st = string_b4_digits + str(i)
temp_instance = tempclipDup.replace(orig_str, replact_st)
if len(accumulator) > 2:
accumulator = accumulator + '\n' + temp_instance
else:
accumulator = temp_instance
return accumulator
if 1 == 1:
import os
import sys
import subprocess
import win32clipboard
import win32con
fn_operation_log = ''
arg_sent_2this_script = ''
alternative = 1
if alternative == 1:
formm()
elif alternative == 2:
txt2paste2clipbd = fn_duplicate_code_with_increments(texte=fn_getText(), no_of_copies=3, string_b4_digits='hbox', digits=1)
setWinClipText(txt2paste2clipbd)
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