[Zope-dev] Returning a list of names from a Python Method

[Michael Bernstein]

Bill Anderson wrote:
> 
> Michael Bernstein wrote:
> >
> > I *think* I've created a getUserNames python method that returns the
> > appropriate results:
> >
> > Parameter list:
> > self
> >
> > Body:
> >
> >  user_ids=self.UserSource.getPersistentItemIDs()
> > 
> >  names=[]
> >  for i in user_ids:
> >      names.append(self.getItem(i))
> >  return names
> 
> Returns a list of objects.
> 
> > I don't understand the differences between the code I pasted above and
> > the code on the original getUserNames method (from :
> >
> >     def getUserNames(self):
> >         """Return a list of usernames"""
> >         names=self.data.keys()
> >         names.sort()
> >         return names
> 
> Returns a list of usernames.
> 
> > Can anyone tell me what I need to fix?
> 
> Unfortunately, I cannot yet.

Does anyone on the list know how to change the getUserNames
Python method to return a list of names instead of a list of
objects?

The code in question is this:

  user_ids=self.UserSource.getPersistentItemIDs()
 
  names=[]
  for i in user_ids:
      names.append(self.getItem(i))
  return names

Thanks,

Michael Bernstein