[Zope] [python] converting int to string?

Jonothan Farr jfarr@real.com
Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:13:12 -0800


> >in python you can do:
>
> >str(int)
>
> >and in zope you do it like
>
> >_.str(int)
>
> You can also use the short form in both Zope and Python:
>
> `int`
>
> Two of those funny `` characters surrounding what you want converted to a
> string.

The backtick notation `` is actually the shorthand for repr(), not str(). In the
case of ints this will give you the same result but not in all cases. I second
Jens's recommendation. _Learning Python_ is a great book.

--jfarr