[Zope] Evaluating a variable that contains a method

[Phil Harris]

Actually, try

<dtml-var "_.getitem(myVariable,1)">

It's the 1 that renders it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Harris" <phil.harris@zope.co.uk>
To: "Tommy Johnson" <tommy@7x.com>; "Zope List" <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Zope] Evaluating a variable that contains a method


> <dtml-var "_.getitem(myVariable)">
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tommy Johnson" <tommy@7x.com>
> To: "Zope List" <zope@zope.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:11 AM
> Subject: [Zope] Evaluating a variable that contains a method
>
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Here's the situation, and I believe it could work - I just need to find
> the
> > proper syntax.
> >
> > I have a variable that will contain the name of a DTML method; let's
call
> > the variable myVariable. Now, through some code logic, I set the
variable
> to
> > equal the name of a DTML method; which we'll call methodA. In that
method,
> I
> > only have some text. So:
> >
> > myVariable = methodA
> > methodA --> (contains the text) --> This is some generic text for this
> > particular method ....
> >
> > Now, here's the situation. I want to display this variable, which should
> > call the method, which should render the text inside. Currently, I'm
doing
> > this:
> >
> > <dtml-var name="myVariable">  but I've also tried <dtml-var
> > expr="myVariable">
> >
> > This will return the name of the method (methodA), but not render what's
> > INSIDE methodA. Does anyone have an idea on how to do that?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Tommy
> >
> >
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