If statement syntax error

OkieWolf

def button3_tapped(sender):
	sidea = float(v['textfield3'].text)I
	sideb = float(v['textfield4'].text)
	sidec = float(v['textfield5'].text)
	if sidea is not None and sideb is not None
		sidec = sidea + sideb
		v['label1'].text = 'sidec = ' + str(sidec)

I have a dialog box with three text fields and a button. Upon pushing the button I want to look at the three fields and see if they’re blank. If two are not then do something. I keep getting a syntax error on the above if statement and can’t figure out why.
I also tried if (sidea.length()!=0)

mcriley821

@OkieWolf
try to format your code with the </> button, but from what I can tell, it looks like you’re missing a colon ':' after the conditions of the if statement

Like so

if sidea and sideb:#colon right here
    #do stuff

stephen

@OkieWolf said:

def button3_tapped(sender):
sidea = float(v['textfield3'].text)I
sideb = float(v['textfield4'].text)
sidec = float(v['textfield5'].text)
if sidea is not None and sideb is not None
sidec = sidea + sideb
v['label1'].text = 'sidec = ' + str(sidec)

def button3_tapped(sender):
    sidea = float(v['textfield3'].text)I # <= remove "I" typo
    sideb = float(v['textfield4'].text)
    sidec = float(v['textfield5'].text)
    
    # checking if not None 
    if sidea and sideb: # <= you forgot your ":" statment closing
        sidec = sidea + sideb
        v['label1'].text = f'sidec = {sidec}' # changed to fstring

Also remember to use code format on posts 😀 thnk you!

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OkieWolf

The below works. But the if statement isn’t catching the blank textfield. If one is blank it errors trying to create sidea or sideb (whichever is blank). Also, it never gets to the else statement.

def button3_tapped(sender):
	if (v['textfield3'].text) is not None and (v['textfield4'].text) is not None:
		sidea = float(v['textfield3'].text)
		sideb = float(v['textfield4'].text)
		sidec = sidea + sideb
		v['textfield5'].text = 'sidec = ' + str(sidec)
	else:
		v['textfield5'].text = 'ENTER ALL REQUIRED FIELDS' `

mcriley821

@OkieWolf

def button3_tapped(sender):
    if v['textfield3'].text and v['textfield4'].text:
        try:
                sidea = float(v['textfield3'].text)
                sideb = float(v['textfield4'].text)
        except ValueError:
                v['textfield5'].text = 'ENTER ALL REQUIRED FIELDS CORRECTLY'
        else:
                sidec = sidea + sideb
                v['textfield5'].text = f'sidec = {sidec}'

OkieWolf

Figured it out. See below....

def button3_tapped(sender):
	if (v['textfield3'].text)!="" and (v['textfield4'].text)!="":
		sidea = float(v['textfield3'].text)
		sideb = float(v['textfield4'].text)
		sidec = sidea + sideb
		v['textfield5'].text = 'sidec = ' + str(sidec)
	else:
		v['textfield5'].text = 'ENTER ALL REQUIRED FIELDS' ```

mcriley821

@OkieWolf this will throw an exception if the string can’t convert to a float. If you suspect that won’t happen, your code is fine. Otherwise my previous code would be more robust

OkieWolf

New issue.
I want to change the background color of the textfield to red if one of the fields is blank. Below is what I’ve done. It doesn’t error but it doesn’t change the color either. I also tried ‘red’ instead of the hex code but that doesn’t work either.

def button3_tapped(sender):
	if (v['textfield3'].text)!="" and (v['textfield4'].text)!="":
		sidea = float(v['textfield3'].text)
		sideb = float(v['textfield4'].text)
		sidec = sidea + sideb
		v['textfield5'].text = 'sidec = ' + str(sidec)
	else:
		v['textfield5'].background_color = 'fffffff8'
		v['textfield5'].text = 'ENTER ALL FIELDS' ```

mcriley821

@OkieWolf
To specify hex you have to have a # in front

red = '#ff0000'

The current hex value you have is mostly white. It’s also too long. 'red' should work too

OkieWolf

@mcriley821
Still doesn’t change

mcriley821

@OkieWolf then it’s not making it to the else statement. What are you inputting to the textfields? Maybe one of them is white space?

OkieWolf

@mcriley821
It’s getting to the else statement because it’s inputting the text “Enter All Fields”. It just won’t change the color.

mcriley821

@OkieWolf

Scratch that, sorry. I was thinking of a label. A textField doesn’t really have a background. It’s background is behind the white layer. What you could do instead is make a red border.

If you really want the whole thing red, I can write a small bit of code with objc_util

cvp

@OkieWolf already done here

mikael

@OkieWolf, you hit one of known quirks. You can set bordered to False, after which background_color works. Or if that appearance does not work for you, @cvp’s solution can be turned into a helper function that you can call with just 'red':

def textfield_background(tf, color):
    import objc_util
    tfo = tf.objc_instance.textField()
    tfo.backgroundColor = objc_util.UIColor.colorWithRed_green_blue_alpha_(
        *ui.parse_color(color))

OkieWolf

What about text color? Can I change the textfield text color to red?

cvp

@OkieWolf .text_color = 'red'

OkieWolf

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OkieWolf

Here’s the completed button using the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate. It looks to see which of the three textfields is blank then calculates what it should be based on the input of the other two.

def button3_tapped(sender):
	if (v['textfield3'].text)!="" and (v['textfield4'].text)!="":
		hyp = float(v['textfield3'].text)
		sht = float(v['textfield4'].text)
		hyp = pow(hyp,2)
		sht = pow(sht,2)
		lng = math.sqrt(hyp - sht)
		v['textfield5'].text_color = 'green'
		v['textfield5'].text = str(lng)
	elif (v['textfield4'].text)!="" and (v['textfield5'].text)!="":
		sht = float(v['textfield4'].text)
		lng = float(v['textfield5'].text)
		sht = pow(sht,2)
		lng = pow(lng,2)
		hyp = math.sqrt(sht + lng)
		v['textfield3'].text_color = 'green'
		v['textfield3'].text = str(hyp)
	elif (v['textfield3'].text)!="" and (v['textfield5'].text)!="":
		hyp = float(v['textfield3'].text)
		lng = float(v['textfield5'].text)
		hyp = pow(hyp,2)
		lng = pow(lng,2)
		sht = math.sqrt(hyp - lng)
		v['textfield4'].text_color = 'green'
		v['textfield4'].text = str(sht)
	else:
		v['textfield5'].text_color = 'red'
		v['textfield5'].text = 'ENTER ALL FIELDS' ```

ccc

The logic is easier to follow if field names describe their content.

def button3_tapped(sender):
    hypotenuse = float(v['hypotenuse'].text or 0)
    short = float(v['short'].text or 0)
    long = float(v['long'].text or 0)
    if len([x for x in (hypotenuse, short, long) if x]) != 2:
        v['long'].text = "Enter floats in 2 fields"
        v['long'].text_color = 'red'
        return
    if hypotenuse:
        if short and not long:
            v['long'].text = str(math.sqrt(hypotenuse ** 2 - short ** 2))
            v['long'].text_color = 'green'
        elif long and not short:
            v['short'].txt = str(math.sqrt(hypotenuse ** 2 - long ** 2))
            v['short'].text_color = 'green'
    else:
        v['hypotenuse'].text = str(math.sqrt(short ** 2 + long ** 2))
        v['hypotenuse'].text_color = 'green'