To illustrate with the Python shell:
>>> 0 == "0"
False
>>> 0 == int("0")
True
On Jul 27, 11:10 pm, Sean Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jul 27, 2007, at 10:36 PM, Greg wrote:
>
> > AssertionError at /rugs/cart/addpad/
> > [u'0']
>
> > Does that mean that the value is 0? below is my view function and
> > template code:
>
> That little 'u' in front of the '0' means unicode so the value is the
> unicode string "0" not the number zero. Very different as far as
> Python is concerned. You may be used to other scripting languages
> that auto-convert. Python is not one of them.
>
> try:
> num = int(values)
> if num == 0:
> deal_with_zero()
> else:
> deal_with_number(num)
> except ValueError:
> # hmm, values is a string, not a number
> deal_with_a_string(values)
>
> Hope that helps.
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