[Zope] problem with python script

[D. Rick Anderson]

You can format it using fmt=dollars-and-cents or fmt="%.2f", but in this 
case where there is a e- in the string it simply zeros it out. I am 
clipping the string back to 10 characters (none of the values in there 
should be longer than that anyway) and in doing so clipping off the e- 
before then turning it into a float. It's the number[0:10] that is barfing.

Rick


> Doesn't dtml have a function to do that?  Check the zope book.
> 
>> From: "D. Rick Anderson" <ruger@comnett.net>
>> Reply-To: ruger@comnett.net
>> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 13:43:10 -0800 (PST)
>> To: zope@zope.org
>> Subject: [Zope] problem with python script
>> 
>> I am having a horrible time with a python script. The idea is to get a
>> dollars-and-cents formatted string from the 3.87987234233e-1234 type
>> string that the Sybase server is returning. The python script looks
>> like this: ---
>> final = (float(int(float(number[0:10]) * 100)) / 100)
>> 
>> return final
>> ---
>> with one parameter (number)
>> 
>> when I call it with either:
>> <dtml-call expr="numberTrim(number=cur_bal)">
>> or
>> <dtml-var expr="numberTrim(number=cur_bal)">
>> 
>> I get:
>> Error Type: TypeError
>> Error Value: unsliceable object
>> 
>> if I use the "test" at the top and enter a value it works fine and if
>> I hard code a value it works as well. The only time it WON'T work is
>> when it's called with the cur_bal variable. Has anybody ran into this
>> before?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Rick
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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