How to convert and QLineEdit to QString and then to an array?

[Nycollas]

I want to the user enter the positions (x,y) on the QLineEdit interface like this:
{{1,2},{4,7},{3,7.2}}
and convert this to an array. I get the text using and QString but now I don't know how to read the text and transform it into na array.
I created a struct called position to put the values in and then do my code, similar like this:

struct position{
double xy[2]
};

So in the end I want the struct to look like:
position.xy[1] = {1,2}
position.xy[2] = {4,7}
position.xy[3] = {3,7.2}

I don't know if this is the easiest way to do it, so I'm accepting suggestions. Thank you all guys!!

[VRonin]

QRegularExpression using R"***({{([-+]?\d*\.?\d+),([-+]?\d*\.?\d+)},{([-+]?\d*\.?\d+),([-+]?\d*\.?\d+)},{([-+]?\d*\.?\d+),([-+]?\d*\.?\d+)}})***" as the pattern.
You'll have each number in a different capturing group

[JonB]

@VRonin
Sorry, but what are your leading & trailing *** for? :confused:

Side-question: To avoid having to repeat the number segments, I know you can use {1,3}-type repeater in reg exes. I guess you can't then get separate capture groups out of them?

[mrjj]

@JonB
Hi
Its a c++ raw string literal. its removes the need for escaping.
the *** is a custom delimiter.
https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/string_literal

[fcarney]

@Nycollas said in How to convert and QLineEdit to QString and then to an array?:

I want to the user enter the positions (x,y) on the QLineEdit interface like this:
{{1,2},{4,7},{3,7.2}}

Is this a syntax you have chosen? Or can you change it?
At first glance I would do a string replace of "{}" characters for "[]" and just evaluate it using the JSON functions from Qt. Then it is just a matter of cycling through the lists and filling in your structure.