[Zope] left(string, n) equivalent (newbie q.)

[Luis Cortes]

You should be able to use python's slice like so:

<dtml-if "word[:4] == 'help'" >
...

where "word" is the variable you want to use only 4 characters of.

Hope this helps,
bye.

----- Original Message -----
From: joel grimes <joelgrimes@hotmail.com>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 3:18 PM
Subject: [Zope] left(string, n) equivalent (newbie q.)


> Pardon my ignorance, I'm coming from a VB/Access background.
>
> I need to find an equivalent to using left(string, 4) in a zope SQL
method's
> select query.  My SQL book
> says I can use SUBSTRING(string, 1, 4) in a query but no luck.  I'm
> connecting to an Access database.
>
> btw - this mail list ROCKS!  I've never waited more than 10 minutes for a
> response.
>
> Thanks
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