My guess is one of your variables is a string, the other an int. Do something like: <dtml-if "_.string.atoi(seqnum) == copyitem"> to convert your sequence item or copyitem, which ever is the string, to an int. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Sheree Beaudette [mailto:sheree@psouth.net] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 3:01 PM To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] FW: Comparing variables

I have a form that sets the variable copyitem, a number from 1 to ...

(an

integer)

<input type="text" name="copyitem">

Once I submit the form

I want copyitem to be compared with a sequence-number from a SQL query, code as follows

<dtml-in clsqGetNotes> <dtml-let seqnum=sequence-number> <dtml-if "seqnum == copyitem"> do something true <dtml-else> do something false </dtml-if> </dtml-let> </dtml-in>

Since I've written these variables to the screen I know that they're equal, yet they still do the 'do something false' .

I hope it's something easy I've overlooked. I didn't know if there were type differences that I need to convert. How do I convert these? Do I need a python script? I'm new to Python so can you help???

Thanks in advance!

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