[Zope] basis Zope/Python script question

[Steve Spicklemire]

Hi Het,

How about:

v1, v2, v3 = map(request.get, ['v1','v2','v3'], [-1]*3)

-steve
	
On Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 09:58 AM, H.de.Wit@SFK.NL wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I write the following code repeatedly:
>
> if request.has_key('v1'):
>   v1=request.v1
> else:
>   v1=-1
>
> if request.has_key('v2'):
>   v2=request.v2
> else:
>   v2=-1
>
> etc.
>
> Is there a way to do this more efficient and clean, something like this:
>
> for reqvar in ['v1','v2','v3']:
>   if request.haskey(reqvar):
>      reqvar=request.reqvar                 #this doesn't work
>   else
>     reqvar=-1                                          # and this also 
> not.
>
> Het vriendelijke groeten,
>
> Hans de Wit
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