[Zope] Assigning One dtml-var to Another

Dieter Maurer dieter@handshake.de
Tue, 30 Oct 2001 23:16:58 +0100 (CET)


Ben Ocean writes:
 > I have a dtml-var called *select-blueline* It reads thus:
 > <dtml-var expr="_.whrandom.choice(images.bluelines.objectValues(['DTML 
 > Method']))">
 > I need to be able to assign the value generated from this method to ANOTHER 
 > method that I can call. In other words...
 > <dtml-var x> = <dtml-var select-blueline>
 > Then later call <dtml-var x> How do I do this?
You either use "dtml-let" or '<dtml-call "REQUEST.set('x',selectBlueLine)">'.


Dieter

PS: It seems to me that background reading would not be bad...

  <http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/zope/book/chap3.html>