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Qt 5.11.3 Reference Documentation

# QIntValidator Class

The QIntValidator class provides a validator that ensures a string contains a valid integer within a specified range. More...

Header: | #include <QIntValidator>
qmake: | QT += gui
Inherits: | QValidator

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Properties

- bottom : int
- top : int

## Public Functions

| QIntValidator(QObject *parent = nullptr)
| QIntValidator(int minimum, int maximum, QObject *parent = nullptr)
virtual | ~QIntValidator()
int | bottom() const
void | setBottom(int)
virtual void | setRange(int bottom, int top)
void | setTop(int)
int | top() const

## Reimplemented Public Functions

virtual void | fixup(QString &input) const override
virtual QValidator::State | validate(QString &input, int &pos) const override

- 4 public functions inherited from QValidator

### Additional Inherited Members

- 1 signal inherited from QValidator

## Detailed Description

The QIntValidator class provides a validator that ensures a string contains a valid integer within a specified range.

Example of use:

      QValidator *validator = new QIntValidator(100, 999, this);
      QLineEdit *edit = new QLineEdit(this);

      // the edit lineedit will only accept integers between 100 and 999
      edit->setValidator(validator);

Below we present some examples of validators. In practice they would normally be associated with a widget as in the example above.

      QString str;
      int pos = 0;
      QIntValidator v(100, 900, this);

      str = "1";
      v.validate(str, pos);     // returns Intermediate
      str = "012";
      v.validate(str, pos);     // returns Intermediate

      str = "123";
      v.validate(str, pos);     // returns Acceptable
      str = "678";
      v.validate(str, pos);     // returns Acceptable

      str = "999";
      v.validate(str, pos);    // returns Intermediate

      str = "1234";
      v.validate(str, pos);     // returns Invalid
      str = "-123";
      v.validate(str, pos);     // returns Invalid
      str = "abc";
      v.validate(str, pos);     // returns Invalid
      str = "12cm";
      v.validate(str, pos);     // returns Invalid

Notice that the value `999` returns Intermediate. Values consisting of a number of digits equal to or less than the max value are considered intermediate. This is intended because the digit that prevents a number from being in range is not necessarily the last digit typed. This also means that an intermediate number can have leading zeros.

The minimum and maximum values are set in one call with setRange(), or individually with setBottom() and setTop().

QIntValidator uses its locale() to interpret the number. For example, in Arabic locales, QIntValidator will accept Arabic digits.

Note: The QLocale::NumberOptions set on the locale() also affect the way the number is interpreted. For example, since QLocale::RejectGroupSeparator is not set by default, the validator will accept group separators. It is thus recommended to use QLocale::toInt() to obtain the numeric value.

See also QDoubleValidator, QRegExpValidator, QLocale::toInt(), and Line Edits Example.

## Property Documentation

### bottom : int

This property holds the validator's lowest acceptable value

By default, this property's value is derived from the lowest signed integer available (typically -2147483647).

Access functions:

int | bottom() const
void | setBottom(int)

See also setRange().

### top : int

This property holds the validator's highest acceptable value

By default, this property's value is derived from the highest signed integer available (typically 2147483647).

Access functions:

int | top() const
void | setTop(int)

See also setRange().

## Member Function Documentation

### QIntValidator::QIntValidator(QObject *parent = nullptr)

Constructs a validator with a parent object that accepts all integers.

### QIntValidator::QIntValidator(int minimum, int maximum, QObject *parent = nullptr)

Constructs a validator with a parent, that accepts integers from minimum to maximum inclusive.

### `[virtual]` QIntValidator::~QIntValidator()

Destroys the validator.

### `[override virtual]` void QIntValidator::fixup(QString &input) const

Reimplemented from QValidator::fixup().

### `[virtual]` void QIntValidator::setRange(int bottom, int top)

Sets the range of the validator to only accept integers between bottom and top inclusive.

### `[override virtual]` QValidator::State QIntValidator::validate(QString &input, int &pos) const

Reimplemented from QValidator::validate().

Returns Acceptable if the input is an integer within the valid range, Intermediate if the input is a prefix of an integer in the valid range, and Invalid otherwise.

If the valid range consists of just positive integers (e.g., 32 to 100) and input is a negative integer, then Invalid is returned. (On the other hand, if the range consists of negative integers (e.g., -100 to -32) and input is a positive integer, then Intermediate is returned, because the user might be just about to type the minus (especially for right-to-left languages).

      int pos = 0;

      s = "abc";
      v.validate(s, pos);    // returns Invalid

      s = "5";
      v.validate(s, pos);    // returns Intermediate

      s = "50";
      v.validate(s, pos);    // returns Acceptable

By default, the pos parameter is not used by this validator.