[ZPT] Never mind: Getting at string module from a PT

[Wade Leftwich]

<span tal:define="global string modules/string" />

Boy, is my face red.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wade Leftwich [mailto:wade@lightlink.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 9:43 AM
> To: zpt@zope.org
> Subject: Getting at string module from a PT
> 
> 
> Is there a way to import a Python module into a template?
> 
> Right now, to use for example string.upper(), I make a script, 
> lib/string/upper:
> 
> def my_upper(s):
>   import string
>   if same_type(s, ''):
>     return string.upper(s)
>   else:
>     return s
> 
> return my_upper
> 
> . . . which I can then grab by saying:
> <span tal:define="global upper container/lib/string/upper"/>
> <p tal:content="python:upper('foo')"/>
> 
> My question is: Is there a [ better | more direct | more Pythonic 
> ] way of using string.upper() in a PT?
> 
> 
> -- Wade Leftwich
>    Ithaca, NY
> 
> 
>