[Zope-dev] DTML Multiplication

[John Fohrman]

Bingo! Thanks.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart 'Zen' Bishop [mailto:zen@cs.rmit.edu.au]
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 2:11 AM
> To: John Fohrman
> Cc: Zope Maliing List
> Subject: RE: [Zope-dev] DTML Multiplication
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, John Fohrman wrote:
> 
> > Thanks, Jim, but this doesn't work; I still get the same error 
> -- any other
> > suggestions?
> 
> > > <dtml-let new_val="qty*value">
> > > <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('totalCost',new_val)">
> > > </dtml-let>
> 
> 
> Try: 
> 
> <dtml-let new_val="_.int(qty)*_.float(value)">
> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('totalCost',new_val)">
> </dtml-let>
> 
> qty and value might be strings (or something) rather than numeric types.
> 
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