[Zope] examples of string functions?

[Martijn Pieters]

At 14:09 16-6-99 , Graham Chiu wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Just looking for a simple DTML example of how to use the string
>functions.
>
>I wish to check to see if the first and last characters of a 
>sequence-key are a pipe character or not.

I have no generic examples, but a direct solution:

<!--#if "_['sequence-key'][-1:] == '|' or _['sequence-key'][:1] == '|'"-->

should do it. Strings are sequences in python, so you can slice them.


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