[Zope] Form Variable

[Paul Winkler]

On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 03:21:21PM -0400, Jonathan Hobbs wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Asad Habib" <ahabib at engin.umich.edu>
> > I have a form variable whose value is being passed to a DTML method upon
> > form submission. In this DTML method, I use the form variable as input to
> > a <dtml-in>. When this form variable is passed as a list(i.e. it contains
> > multiple values), everything works fine. However, when this form variable
> > is passed as a string(i.e. it contains a single value), <dtml-in>
> > complains that it is being passed an input of the wrong type. Is there a
> > way to detect whether this form variable is a list or string? Using the
> > len function doesn't work because len works on both strings and lists.
> 
> You need the python 'type' statement, which unfortunately isn't available to
> python scripts (its use is restricted). Therefore, you need a small external
> method:

What's wrong with same_type which zope provides for this purpose?

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