Right, use a python method, with a regular expression, like: import regsub def stringchange(self): """ Accepts a string passed as self, modifies it using a regex substitution, and returns modified This example strips multiple spaces, puts in a single one """ result=regsub.gsub('[ \t][ \t]+', ' ', self) return result You could use regsub.sub to replace the first instance of a pattern in a string, or regsub.gsub to do all. Look in /lib/python1.5/regsub.py to see all the regular expression substitution functions avalable. The regex syntax is pretty vanilla; (i.e. chapter 1 of the book _Mastering Regular Expressions_ has enough detail to use regular expressions well enough in python). There is also a split function in regsub.py that might be of use here, using the '/' as the delimiter pattern; I think you would use it like this: mylist = regsub.split(self, '/') You could then write your function to get a particular item, like city, language, etc by obtaining the slices from mylist. Good luck, Sean -----Original Message----- From: Ivan Cornell [mailto:ivan.cornell@framestore.co.uk] Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 2:40 AM To: Fabien Germain Cc: zope@zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope] Problem : ZCatalog Fabien Germain wrote:
Hello,
I've got a problem with a search form.
I have a ZCatalog with lots of entries. I added the index "absolute_url" in order to search by the files url.
Why ? 'cause I have files in organized folders like that : ......../language_name/country_name/city_name/element
I'd like to do a search on "#language_name and #country_name and #city_name" in my catalog, so I use the absolute_url. But the problem is that the search only looks the end of the absolute_url string, that's to say "element" in my exemple.
How could I search in all the string ?
Well, my solution would be to create a python method that splits your url up into indexable words and then index this method in ZCatalog. One of cool features of the ZCatalog is that it can index objects methods. Hope this helps Ivan PS Please send text only mail to the list -you'll probably get more replies if you do! _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )