[Zope] conditionals inside dtml-let expressions

[Mitchell L Model]

>On Thursday 18 October 2001 12:56 pm, Mitchell Model allegedly wrote:
>>  Is there a straightforward way to bind one of two values to a let
>>  variable depending on the value of another variable?  In C/C++/Java I
>>  would use the ?: operator, but Python doesn't have that.  Or should I
>>  just bind the variable to None then set it later with something like
>>
>>
>>  <dtml-let var=None>
>>
>>    <dtml-if "testvar==targetval">
>>
>>      <dtml-var expr="_.set(var, 'yes')>
>>
>>    <dtml-else>
>>
>>      <dtml-var expr="_.set(var, 'no')>
>>
>>    </dtml-if>
>>
>>  </dtml-let>
>
>
>Perhaps:
>
><dtml-let var="['no','yes'][testvar==targetval]">
>   ...
></dtml-let>
>

Ah, yes -- that's the Python idiom I was looking for.  It's so weird, 
I can never remember it!  Thanks.
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     --- Mitchell