Try this way: req=container.REQUEST if req.has_key(field_name): val = req[field_name] if val != None: return val return '' -----Original Message----- From: Aseem Mohanty [mailto:aseem@neurobehavioralsystems.com] Sent: Monday, 17 June 2002 10:38 p.m. To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] eval in PyScript I cant seem to be able to call eval() from my script... Do I have to do something special to make it happen? The error: Error Type: NameError Error Value: global name 'eval' is not defined the script: req=container.REQUEST if req.has_key(field_name): val = eval('req.'+field_name) if val != None: return val return '' TIA AM -- ================================================================== Aseem Mohanty Neurobehavioral Systems Inc, 828 San Pablo Ave, Albany, CA 94706 (R) 510 7696011 (M) 510 3014871 (O) 510 5279231 ================================================================== "I saw `cout' being shifted "Hello world" times to the left and stopped right there!!" -- Steve Gonedes ================================================================== _______________________________________________ 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 )