Decision (if, else) routine is not working as intended with CGImodule

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All:

I'm running into trouble figuring this one out. It seems that my
decision routine is not working as intended. Does anyone know why my
output continues to utilize the "else" portion of the routine.

Thank you,
Christopher

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#!/usr/bin/python

import cgi

print "Content-type: text/plain\n"
tag_form = cgi.FieldStorage(keep_blank_values=True)

#if not tag_form.has_key("fse00"):
if tag_form["fse00"] == "":
fse000 = {"fse00": "0"}
tag_form.update(fse000)
print "Printing fse000: ", tag_form["fse00"]
else:
print "Printing fse00: ", tag_form["fse00"]

 

[Gabriel Genellina]

I'm running into trouble figuring this one out. It seems that my
decision routine is not working as intended. Does anyone know why my
output continues to utilize the "else" portion of the routine.

tag_form = cgi.FieldStorage(keep_blank_values=True)

#if not tag_form.has_key("fse00"):
if tag_form["fse00"] == "":

tag_form["fse00"] is a FieldStorage instance, not a string. To get its
value, use:

if tag_form["fse00"].value == ""
if tag_form.getvalue("fse00")==""
if tag_form.getfirst("fse00")==""

See http://docs.python.org/lib/module-cgi.html

 

[bruno.desthuilliers]

All:

I'm running into trouble figuring this one out. It seems that my
decision routine is not working as intended. Does anyone know why my
output continues to utilize the "else" portion of the routine.

Probably because the test expression 'tag_form["fse00"] == ""' evals
to false ?

Hint: try printing out tag_form["fse00"] before the test, ie:


(snip)

#!/usr/bin/python

import cgi

print "Content-type: text/plain\n"
tag_form = cgi.FieldStorage(keep_blank_values=True)

print "tag_form[\"fse00\"] is actually: %s" % tag_form["fse00"]
print "tag_form[\"fse00\"] == '' evals to: %s" % (tag_form["fse00"]
== '')

if tag_form["fse00"] == "":
fse000 = {"fse00": "0"}
tag_form.update(fse000)
print "Printing fse000: ", tag_form["fse00"]
else:
print "Printing fse00: ", tag_form["fse00"]

HTH