[Zope] stripping [] from a var

Phillip J. Eby pje@telecommunity.com
Wed, 01 Dec 1999 15:49:39 -0500


At 07:05 PM 12/1/99 +0100, Anders Gaarsdal Holst wrote:
>Hello!
>
>I have a form with a number of checkboxes (with the same name
>attribute). When the form is submitted I get a var in the form of:
>
>var = [checkboxvalue1, checkboxvalue2, checkboxvalue3....]
>
>I want to make a <dtml-in> loop (in a ZSQL method) using these as values.
>As far as I have understood, I then have to strip the [ ] from the var.

Not so.  Just use <dtml-in varname>.  The [] that are showing just indicate
the variable is a list.  You can use dtml-in on a list directly, without
any manipulation.