From 7732d5001675a53199dd093851dfad3bb7ae0327 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabriel A Hernandez <140030166+okayGravity@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:04:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Improved regex in _validate_value() that checks user input
 for partition value and unit. (#3952)

- Allows for white space in between groups, aligning better with displayed example.
- Removed unneeded | symbol, which was checking as literal rather than working as "or %"
---
 archinstall/lib/disk/partitioning_menu.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/archinstall/lib/disk/partitioning_menu.py b/archinstall/lib/disk/partitioning_menu.py
index baac9f77..49e69bc2 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/disk/partitioning_menu.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/disk/partitioning_menu.py
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ class PartitioningList(ListManager[DiskSegment]):
 		max_size: Size,
 		text: str,
 	) -> Size | None:
-		match = re.match(r'([0-9]+)([a-zA-Z|%]*)', text, re.I)
+		match = re.match(r'^\s*([0-9]+)\s*([a-zA-Z%]*)\s*$', text, re.I)
 
 		if not match:
 			return None