wxPython – FindString() function in wx.RadioBox

In this article we are going to learn about FindString() function associated with wx.RadioBox class of wxPython. FindString() function is simply used to find a button matching the given string, returning the position if found, or NOT_FOUND if not found. It takes a string argument to match string and boolean bCase True for Case-sensitive False otherwise.

Syntax: wx.RadioBox.FindString(self, string, bCase=False) Parameters:

Parameter	Input Type	Description
string	string	The string to find.
bCase	bool	Should the search be case-sensitive?

Returns: Returns the index of matching button starting from zero. Return Type: int

Code Example:

Python3

import wx


class FrameUI(wx.Frame):

    def __init__(self, parent, title):
        super(FrameUI, self).__init__(parent, title = title, size =(300, 200))

        # function for in-frame components
        self.InitUI()

    def InitUI(self):
        # parent panel for radio box
        pnl = wx.Panel(self)

        # list of choices
        lblList = ['Radio One', 'Radio Two']

        # create radio box containing above list
        self.rbox = wx.RadioBox(pnl, label ='RadioBox', pos =(80, 10), choices = lblList,
                                 majorDimension = 1, style = wx.RA_SPECIFY_COLS)

        # print the position of matching string button
        print (self.rbox.FindString('radio two'))

        # set frame in centre
        self.Centre()
        # set size of frame
        self.SetSize((400, 250))
        # show output frame
        self.Show(True)


# wx App instance
ex = wx.App()
# Example instance
FrameUI(None, 'RadioButton and RadioBox')
ex.MainLoop()

Console Output:

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