[Zope] Help with a DTML expression/comparison

[Phil Harris]

Manuel,

You'll probably find that your comparing a string 'begin_day' to an integer
'sequence-item'.

Try something like:

 <dtml-if expr="_.int(begin_day) == _.int(_.getitem('sequence-item'))">

hth

Phil


----- Original Message -----
From: "Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) Gerente de desarrollo Alpha Omega Creative
Solutions http: //www.alomega.com/" <amadorm@usm.edu.ec>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 9:56 PM
Subject: [Zope] Help with a DTML expression/comparison


> Hey to everyone,
>
> I'm shooting myself in the foot here with this
> construct:
>
> <select name="begin_day" size="1">
>    <dtml-in "_.range(1,32,1)">
>       <option value="&dtml-sequence-item;"
>
>       <dtml-if expr="begin_day == _.getitem('sequence-
> item')">
>          selected
>          </dtml-if>
>       >&dtml-sequence-item;</option>
>
>    </dtml-in>
> </select>
>
> Inserting with dtml-var any of begin_day or sequence-
> item yields at some point the same result, logically.
> I'm trying to make the form field default to a formerly
> specified value.
>
> BUT, the comparison between the two, won't work.  Even
> comparing two _.getitems doesn't work.  So it's
> expected that at no point does the selected property
> appear in my html source.
>
> Please help.  I'm shooting myself in the foot here.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
>         Manuel
>
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