gh-130693: Support more options for search in tkinter.Text (GH-130848)

* Add parameters nolinestop and strictlimits in the tkinter.Text.search() method.
* Add the tkinter.Text.search_all() method.
* Add more tests for tkinter.Text.search().
* stopindex is now only ignored if it is None.
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@ -734,6 +734,19 @@ timeit
:ref:`environment variables <using-on-controlling-color>`.
(Contributed by Yi Hong in :gh:`139374`.)
tkinter
-------
* The :meth:`!tkinter.Text.search` method now supports two additional
arguments: *nolinestop* which allows the search to
continue across line boundaries;
and *strictlimits* which restricts the search to within the specified range.
(Contributed by Rihaan Meher in :gh:`130848`)
* A new method :meth:`!tkinter.Text.search_all` has been introduced.
This method allows for searching for all matches of a pattern
using Tcl's ``-all`` and ``-overlap`` options.
(Contributed by Rihaan Meher in :gh:`130848`)
types
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@ -34,12 +34,116 @@ def test_search(self):
# Invalid text index.
self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, text.search, '', 0)
self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, text.search, '', '')
self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, text.search, '', 'invalid')
self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, text.search, '', '1.0', 0)
self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, text.search, '', '1.0', '')
self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, text.search, '', '1.0', 'invalid')
# Check if we are getting the indices as strings -- you are likely
# to get Tcl_Obj under Tk 8.5 if Tkinter doesn't convert it.
text.insert('1.0', 'hi-test')
self.assertEqual(text.search('-test', '1.0', 'end'), '1.2')
self.assertEqual(text.search('test', '1.0', 'end'), '1.3')
text.insert('1.0',
'This is a test. This is only a test.\n'
'Another line.\n'
'Yet another line.\n'
'64-bit')
self.assertEqual(text.search('test', '1.0'), '1.10')
self.assertEqual(text.search('test', '1.0', 'end'), '1.10')
self.assertEqual(text.search('test', '1.0', '1.10'), '')
self.assertEqual(text.search('test', '1.11'), '1.31')
self.assertEqual(text.search('test', '1.32', 'end'), '')
self.assertEqual(text.search('test', '1.32'), '1.10')
self.assertEqual(text.search('', '1.0'), '1.0') # empty pattern
self.assertEqual(text.search('nonexistent', '1.0'), '')
self.assertEqual(text.search('-bit', '1.0'), '4.2') # starts with a hyphen
self.assertEqual(text.search('line', '3.0'), '3.12')
self.assertEqual(text.search('line', '3.0', forwards=True), '3.12')
self.assertEqual(text.search('line', '3.0', backwards=True), '2.8')
self.assertEqual(text.search('line', '3.0', forwards=True, backwards=True), '2.8')
self.assertEqual(text.search('t.', '1.0'), '1.13')
self.assertEqual(text.search('t.', '1.0', exact=True), '1.13')
self.assertEqual(text.search('t.', '1.0', regexp=True), '1.10')
self.assertEqual(text.search('t.', '1.0', exact=True, regexp=True), '1.10')
self.assertEqual(text.search('TEST', '1.0'), '')
self.assertEqual(text.search('TEST', '1.0', nocase=True), '1.10')
self.assertEqual(text.search('.*line', '1.0', regexp=True), '2.0')
self.assertEqual(text.search('.*line', '1.0', regexp=True, nolinestop=True), '1.0')
self.assertEqual(text.search('test', '1.0', '1.13'), '1.10')
self.assertEqual(text.search('test', '1.0', '1.13', strictlimits=True), '')
self.assertEqual(text.search('test', '1.0', '1.14', strictlimits=True), '1.10')
var = tkinter.Variable(self.root)
self.assertEqual(text.search('test', '1.0', count=var), '1.10')
self.assertEqual(var.get(), 4 if self.wantobjects else '4')
# TODO: Add test for elide=True
def test_search_all(self):
text = self.text
# pattern and index are obligatory arguments.
self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, text.search_all, None, '1.0')
self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, text.search_all, 'a', None)
self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, text.search_all, None, None)
# Keyword-only arguments
self.assertRaises(TypeError, text.search_all, 'a', '1.0', 'end', None)
# Invalid text index.
self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, text.search_all, '', 0)
self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, text.search_all, '', '')
self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, text.search_all, '', 'invalid')
self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, text.search_all, '', '1.0', 0)
self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, text.search_all, '', '1.0', '')
self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, text.search_all, '', '1.0', 'invalid')
def eq(res, expected):
self.assertIsInstance(res, tuple)
self.assertEqual([str(i) for i in res], expected)
text.insert('1.0', 'ababa\naba\n64-bit')
eq(text.search_all('aba', '1.0'), ['1.0', '2.0'])
eq(text.search_all('aba', '1.0', 'end'), ['1.0', '2.0'])
eq(text.search_all('aba', '1.1', 'end'), ['1.2', '2.0'])
eq(text.search_all('aba', '1.1'), ['1.2', '2.0', '1.0'])
res = text.search_all('', '1.0') # empty pattern
eq(res[:5], ['1.0', '1.1', '1.2', '1.3', '1.4'])
eq(res[-5:], ['3.2', '3.3', '3.4', '3.5', '3.6'])
eq(text.search_all('nonexistent', '1.0'), [])
eq(text.search_all('-bit', '1.0'), ['3.2']) # starts with a hyphen
eq(text.search_all('aba', '1.0', 'end', forwards=True), ['1.0', '2.0'])
eq(text.search_all('aba', 'end', '1.0', backwards=True), ['2.0', '1.2'])
eq(text.search_all('aba', '1.0', overlap=True), ['1.0', '1.2', '2.0'])
eq(text.search_all('aba', 'end', '1.0', overlap=True, backwards=True), ['2.0', '1.2', '1.0'])
eq(text.search_all('aba', '1.0', exact=True), ['1.0', '2.0'])
eq(text.search_all('a.a', '1.0', exact=True), [])
eq(text.search_all('a.a', '1.0', regexp=True), ['1.0', '2.0'])
eq(text.search_all('ABA', '1.0'), [])
eq(text.search_all('ABA', '1.0', nocase=True), ['1.0', '2.0'])
eq(text.search_all('a.a', '1.0', regexp=True), ['1.0', '2.0'])
eq(text.search_all('a.a', '1.0', regexp=True, nolinestop=True), ['1.0', '1.4'])
eq(text.search_all('aba', '1.0', '2.2'), ['1.0', '2.0'])
eq(text.search_all('aba', '1.0', '2.2', strictlimits=True), ['1.0'])
eq(text.search_all('aba', '1.0', '2.3', strictlimits=True), ['1.0', '2.0'])
var = tkinter.Variable(self.root)
eq(text.search_all('aba', '1.0', count=var), ['1.0', '2.0'])
self.assertEqual(var.get(), (3, 3) if self.wantobjects else '3 3')
# TODO: Add test for elide=True
def test_count(self):
text = self.text

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@ -4049,8 +4049,9 @@ def scan_dragto(self, x, y):
self.tk.call(self._w, 'scan', 'dragto', x, y)
def search(self, pattern, index, stopindex=None,
forwards=None, backwards=None, exact=None,
regexp=None, nocase=None, count=None, elide=None):
forwards=None, backwards=None, exact=None,
regexp=None, nocase=None, count=None,
elide=None, *, nolinestop=None, strictlimits=None):
"""Search PATTERN beginning from INDEX until STOPINDEX.
Return the index of the first character of a match or an
empty string."""
@ -4062,12 +4063,39 @@ def search(self, pattern, index, stopindex=None,
if nocase: args.append('-nocase')
if elide: args.append('-elide')
if count: args.append('-count'); args.append(count)
if nolinestop: args.append('-nolinestop')
if strictlimits: args.append('-strictlimits')
if pattern and pattern[0] == '-': args.append('--')
args.append(pattern)
args.append(index)
if stopindex: args.append(stopindex)
if stopindex is not None: args.append(stopindex)
return str(self.tk.call(tuple(args)))
def search_all(self, pattern, index, stopindex=None, *,
forwards=None, backwards=None, exact=None,
regexp=None, nocase=None, count=None,
elide=None, nolinestop=None, overlap=None,
strictlimits=None):
"""Search all occurrences of PATTERN from INDEX to STOPINDEX.
Return a tuple of indices where matches begin."""
args = [self._w, 'search', '-all']
if forwards: args.append('-forwards')
if backwards: args.append('-backwards')
if exact: args.append('-exact')
if regexp: args.append('-regexp')
if nocase: args.append('-nocase')
if elide: args.append('-elide')
if count: args.append('-count'); args.append(count)
if nolinestop: args.append('-nolinestop')
if overlap: args.append('-overlap')
if strictlimits: args.append('-strictlimits')
if pattern and pattern[0] == '-': args.append('--')
args.append(pattern)
args.append(index)
if stopindex is not None: args.append(stopindex)
result = self.tk.call(tuple(args))
return self.tk.splitlist(result)
def see(self, index):
"""Scroll such that the character at INDEX is visible."""
self.tk.call(self._w, 'see', index)

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Add support for ``-nolinestop``, and ``-strictlimits`` options to :meth:`!tkinter.Text.search`. Also add the :meth:`!tkinter.Text.search_all` method for ``-all`` and ``-overlap`` options.