must match the entire string

2022-09-30 15:05:41 -04:00
parent 08acd321f1
commit 172106717d
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/src/variable.cpp
+++ b/src/variable.cpp
@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ void Variable::set(int narg, char **arg)
  //   3rd is filled on retrieval

  } else if (strcmp(arg[1],"format") == 0) {
-    constexpr char validfmt[] = "% ?-?[0-9]*\\.?[0-9]*[efgEFG]";
+    constexpr char validfmt[] = "^% ?-?[0-9]*\\.?[0-9]*[efgEFG]$";
    if (narg != 4) error->all(FLERR,"Illegal variable command: expected 4 arguments but found {}", narg);
    int ivar = find(arg[0]);
    if (ivar >= 0) {