-----Original Message----- From: Martin Dougiamas [mailto:martin@complex.curtin.edu.au] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 7:54 AM To: martin@complex.curtin.edu.au Cc: zope@zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope] small problem in external methods

I wrote:

...

this seems like it should work, but doesn't:

def example(self): foldername = 'fred' subfolders = self.objectItems(['Folder']) return subfolders[foldername].title

Thanks to Rik Hoekstra for pointing out tuples don't behave like dictionaries, and to Dr. Ross Lazarus for a better way:

def example(self): foldername = 'fred' if foldername in self.objectIds(): return getattr(self, foldername).title

I believe 'return self[foldername].title' will also work. Folder objects support __getitem__. BTW, this is a good question for zope-dev. -Michel the overly subtle

The Zope list comes through again!

Cheers! Martin

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