[Zope] Help using list within python method

[Paul Winkler]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 03:48:45PM -0500, Michael Long wrote:

>     172         def listEntriesByGroup(self, groups=["All"]):
>     173                 "Method to list Entries"
>     174                 ret=[]
>     175                 if type(groups) != ListType:
>     176                         EntryIDs = [groups]

you don't use EntryIDs again... maybe you mean:
    groups=[groups]

>     177                 if groups == "All":
>     178                         for entry in self.Entries.values():
>     179                                 ret.append(entry)
>     180                 else:
>     181                         for entry in self.Entries.values():
>     182                                 if entry.Group in groups:

(snip)
>   Module Products.dlAddressBook.AddressBook, line 182, in listEntriesByGroup
> TypeError: 'in <string>' requires character as left operand

yep, you passed in groups="some string" and didn't convert it to a list
before looping over it.

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