[Zope] 3RD REQUEST: PLEASE HELP

[Dieter Maurer]

Ben Ocean writes:
 > ... successful ...
 > <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('shipping',_.int(subtotal)*.05)">
 > ...
 > <dtml-var shipping fmt=dollars-and-cents>

 > ... unsuccessful in action ...
 > Error Type: ValueError
 > Error Value: invalid literal for int(): 126.0
In the first (succesful) case, "shipping" is either a number data type
or a string representing an integer.
In the second case, you try to convert the string "126.0" into
an integer. This fails, because '.' can not be part of such a string.

Solution: convert first to 'float' and then to 'int'.


Dieter