[Zope] test for the existence of a nodeValue

[Dieter Maurer]

Jon Bowlas wrote at 2005-8-2 19:08 +0100:
> ...
>I'm pretty new to python and zope but would like to know how I can adapt
>this script below to test to see if nodeValue actually contains a value and
>if it doesn't then I would like to return a default value I can check for
>using my zpt that references this script:

You probably should work through the Python tutorial you will
find on "http://python.org".

> ...
>if not nodes:
>
>    return ''
>
>return nodes[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue

Try:

	nodeValue = nodes[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue
	if not nodeValue: return "someFault"
	return nodeValue

-- 
Dieter