1. authenticated user is a user object not a string, use AUTHENTICATED_USER.getId() to get a string to compare against 2. use a python script 3. string in string doesn't work until python2.3, you'll have to do string in list/tuple. -kapil On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 22:58, Joshua Newman wrote:

Hi all,

I'm trying to compare an AUTHENTICATED_USER string to a variable which I named '2nd_smr' in this script to determine if it should be bolded in a big table and stick out for the user:

<dtml-if "_.string.lower(_.str( AUTHENTICATED_USER)) in _.string.lower(_.str(2nd_smr))"> <b>2ndS <dtml-var 2nd_smr ><br></b><dtml-else> 2ndS <dtml-var 2nd_smr ><br></dtml-if>

The above script won't save, and gives an error.

The _.string.lower(_.str(2nd_smr)) expression is obviously the culprit and won't save unless I do ('2nd_smr') which saves but isn't what I want obviously, and ("2nd_smr") won't save.

Did I screw up by naming a variable with a number as the first character?

Is is salvageable with some funky syntax like: _.string.lower(_.str(_['{2nd_smr}'])) or do I have to just change the name of the variable?

Thanks J

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