[Zope] Simple Comparison - How to find the Template you are in in a list of all files in a directory

[Passin,Thomas B. (Tom)]

[Edward Pollard]
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> On Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 11:39 AM, Passin,Thomas B. (Tom)=20
> wrote:
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> > [ Edward Pollard]
> >>
> >> Is this the incorrect way to compare strings? Is there a=20
> better way=20
> >> to do this?
> >>
> >
> > if a=3D=3Db: #do something
> >
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> I tried this. It did not work. My thoughts are that =3D=3D would =
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> the pointers to the objects, not the contents.
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It works for ordinary Python sequences and strings:

>>>a=3D'this is a test'
>>>b=3D''this is a test'
>>>a=3D=3Db
>>>1
>>>b=3D'xxx'
>>>a=3D=3Db
>>>0

For other object, it depends on how the comparison has been coded in the
class or type. =20


> Code wise, I have this
> <span tal:condition=3D"python:items.title_or_id =3D=3D=20
> template.title_or_id"=20
> tal:replace=3D"Content I want">Filler</span>
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> items being the list I'm iterating through.
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> So the obvious (=3D=3D) didn't work (apologies for not clarifying this =
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> the first place), the next-obvious (cmp) didn't work, what will?
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You may have to use the string value for the comparison.

Cheers,

Tom P