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arktype•2mo ago
GreggOD

How can "string" type be not empty?

Without having to add ">0" to all my string types is there an easy way to ensure that type of "string" cannot be empty string? 
type({
  name: "string", // expect to be a value and not ""
  city: "string", // expect to be a value and not ""
  "town?": "string", // expect to be "" or undefined
})
type({
  name: "string", // expect to be a value and not ""
  city: "string", // expect to be a value and not ""
  "town?": "string", // expect to be "" or undefined
})
Thanks
2 Replies
LukeAbby
LukeAbby•2mo ago
@GreggOD Well you can make a helper type: 
import { type } from "arktype";

const nonEmptyString = type("string>0")

type({
  name: nonEmptyString,
  city: nonEmptyString,
  "town?": nonEmptyString,
})
import { type } from "arktype";

const nonEmptyString = type("string>0")

type({
  name: nonEmptyString,
  city: nonEmptyString,
  "town?": nonEmptyString,
})
beyond that I don't know if there's any "global config" to make it so that non-empty strings are disallowed I doubt there is
GreggOD
GreggODOP•5w ago
Thats what we were thinking, thanks for confirming

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