ini parsing does not return value

Noatqt

Hi,
The following is a part of my code:

QSettings iniSetting(_myIni,QSettings::IniFormat);
iniSetting.setIniCodec("UTF8");
iniSetting.beginGroup("run");
_runTimeString = iniSetting.value("run_time").toString();

As long as the ini value of run_time is less than a day (e.g. 11:23:45) _runTimeString is as expected.
But when the value in the ini file is " 1 day, 0:08:44" - I get an empty string.

Why is this happening and how can I fix it?
Thanks!

Christian Ehrlicher

So what's the actual value of 'run_time' in your ini file?

Noatqt

@Christian-Ehrlicher

This is the line in the ini that is not parsed correctly:
run_time = 1 day, 0:08:44

Christian Ehrlicher

@Noatqt said in ini parsing does not return value:

1 day, 0:08:44

This is no correct format for a QString. I would guess it's

run_time = "1 day, 0:08:44"

But to know it for sure try to write it our with QSettings into your ini file.

Noatqt

@Christian-Ehrlicher

The ini file was created by a python script. all values in it are strings. The Qt application is reading an existing file.
Why is this line different from the line that is parsed correctly?

correct parsing:
run_time = 0:08:44

incorrect parsing:
run_time = 1 day, 0:08:44

JonB

@Noatqt
Is the problem to do with having a (non-quoted) space in the value in the file?

Qt does not guarantee to read in an arbitrary .ini file produced by some other code. I don't know whether that is the case here.

@Christian-Ehrlicher suggested you test what QSettings produces when saving that string.

Noatqt

@JonB

Yes! that was it! Thanks
is there a way (other than editing the ini) to have Qt read values containing spaces?

Christian Ehrlicher

@Noatqt said in ini parsing does not return value:

to have Qt read values containing spaces?

QStringList is maybe worth a try.