def validate_config_input()

in source/python/Utilities.py [0:0]

• 10 lines of code
• 7 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def validate_config_input(inputKey, regex, lb, ub):
    inputType = type(inputKey)
    if inputType == int:
        #skip length check and just match the pattern
        return re.match(regex,inputKey) is not None
    elif inputType== str:
        if len(inputKey) <= lb or len(inputKey) > ub:
            return False
    # Match returns none if pattern not found
    else:
        return "unknown input type"
    return re.match(regex, inputKey) is not None