Naming new experiment queue files

[cmmercer]

Is there a way to make the naming restrictions on new load file names less, well, restrictive? Currently, we can't name a file with two consecutive capital letters, or start a file name with numbers, or switch back and forth between numbers and letters.

[jirhiker]

[jirhiker]

You mean the name of the experiment queue?

Those must follow the following PascalCase regex ^[A-Z](([a-z0-9]+[A-Z]?)*)$.

If you'd like to make it less restrictive you can test out your own regexes at https://regex101.com/. Once you are happy with the new regex I will incorporate in pychron

[cmmercer]

Yes, sorry, the names of experiment queues. We're finding the PascalCase a bit restrictive (we used to name experiments with leading numeric digits, and often have the name of our irrad. packages which have consecutive capital characters).

I'll prototype another regex and get back to you!

[cmmercer]

What do you think of ^([0-9]+)?([A-Za-z0-9]+)$? This allows leading numeric digits (optional), then expects alpha-numeric for the rest of the string (no enforcement of PascalCase).

[jirhiker]

How about ^[\w\d\-\_]+$

12experiment good
Experiment12 good
Experiment 12 bad
Experiemnt-12 good
Experiment_12 good
experiment12 good

[cmmercer]

That sounds good to me! Thanks!