This example might help:
#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use Tk; use strict; #by Thomas Koenig -- free to use my($mw) = MainWindow->new; my(@realvar, @e); $mw->Label(-text => "Input real numbers")->pack; foreach my $i (0..4) { $e[$i] = $mw->Entry(-textvariable => \$realvar[$i], -validate =>'all', -validatecommand =>\&check_real)->pack; } $mw->Button(-text => "Quit", -command => sub { print join (" ",@realvar),"\n"; exit ;})->pack; MainLoop; sub check_real { my($proposed, $changes, $current) = @_; my($ok); if ($changes) { $ok = $proposed =~ /^ [+-]? ( ((\d+(\.\d*)?)|(\.\d+)) ([eE][+-]?\d*)? )? $/x; } else { $ok = $proposed =~ /^[+-]?((\d+(\.\d*)?)|(\.\d+))([eE][+-]?\d+)?$/; } print "current $current changes $changes proposed $proposed: " . ($ok ? "" : "not" ) . "OK\n"; $ok; }

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In reply to Re: Entry Widget - validatecommand by zentara
in thread Entry Widget - validatecommand by shortyfw06

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