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Default values for string Input prompt are not passed to validators

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If a defaultValue is specified in a Prompt.Input<string> call that also specifies validators, pressing Enter on the prompt sends an empty string to the validators, not the default value. For example:

var userName = Sharprompt.Prompt.Input<string>("Please enter a name", "default", validators: new[] { Sharprompt.Validations.Validators.Required()});

will fail unless providing a non-default value, since an empty string is passed to validators, rather than the default value specified by defaultValue.

I’ve created an oversimplified repro in this repo

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Created 3 years ago
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shibayancommented, Dec 7, 2020

Are you saying that Confirm shows (y/N) although there is no default value?

Yes

So if I just explicitely add default: false it will work as intended?

Yes

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shibayancommented, Dec 7, 2020

The message display will be corrected in #87.

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