[Zope-dev] Stupid dtml-if comparision

[Chris Withers]

David Cain wrote:
> I'm trying to compare two number, or at least I think they're numbers.

You should be asking this on zope@zope.org...

> If I do:
>    <dtml-var i>
>    <dtml-var j>
>    <dtml-if expr="i == j">
>      Equal block
>    </dtml-if>
> I and J print out the same, but do not compare to be equal since "Equal
> block" string doesn't print.

...and this should be in a python script!

print i
print j
if i==j:
  print "Equal block"
return printed

DTML sucks for this, as you can see, because it evaluates things in interesting 
and unexpected ways...

cheers,

Chris