[Zope] Assigning strings using DTML-LET

[Marcus Collins]

Hi

Try <dtml-let criteria="'1=1'">

The bit inside the double quotes is evaluated as a python expression, and
thus returns the string you want.

See http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Guides/DTML-HTML/DTML.10.html

hth,

-- Marcus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Wong [mailto:jwong@digitalview.com.hk]
> Sent: 31 March 2000 12:35
> To: Send Zope Mailing List
> Subject: [Zope] Assigning strings using DTML-LET
> 
> 
> 
> I'm trying to assign the string:
> 
> 1=1
> 
> to the variable criteria using this construct:
> 
> <dtml-let criteria='1=1'>
> 
> but I can't because Zope complains:
> 
> invalid parameter: "=1'", for tag <dtml-let criteria='1=1'>, 
> on line 5 of
> Create_List
> 
> Some playing around reveals that it doesn't like spaces and 
> the equals sign
> (=) in the string.
> 
> Am I correct in thinking that something delimited by single 
> quotes (eg.
> 'this is a string') is a string? If so why can't I (or how 
> can I) include
> spaces and the equal sign inside the string.
> 
> 
> thanks
> -
> Jason Wong
> 
> 
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