trivial no doubt, but buggered if i can find the python equivalent for "eval". eg. how would you rewrite this in dtml : for i in range(1,6) : print (eval('var%s' % i)) which prints out the values of var1, var2, var3, var4, var5, var6 <dtml-in "_.range(1,6)"> ?? </dtml-in> cheers, chas