flag text-choice

Mode: Configuration Mode

Description:

The text-choice flag indicates a string input in an enumerated choice. Users can input undefined strings or choose one of the predefined choices.

Example:

        object newbie {
            help "Newbie settings";

            attribute newborn {
                help "New born";
                type enum string {
                    choice name {
                        flag nokeyword text-choice;
                        help "User defined name";
                    }
                    choice clyde {
                        help "Suggestion for a boy's name";
                    }
                    choice bonnie {
                        help "Suggestion for a girl's name";
                    }
                }
            }
        }

Display:

        user@router# set example newbie newborn ?
        Possible completions:
          <name>               User defined name
          bonnie               Suggestion for a girl's name
          clyde                Suggestion for a boy's name
        [edit]
        user@router# set example newbie newborn clyde

        [edit]
        user@router# commit 
        commit complete

        [edit]
        user@router# show example 
        newbie {
            newborn clyde;
        }

        [edit]
        user@router# set example newbie newborn felix

        [edit]
        user@router# commit
        commit complete

        [edit]
        user@router# show example
        newbie {
            newborn felix;
        }

        [edit]

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