[Zope] string manipulation problem

Greg sysman@techgroupinc.com
Sat, 05 Oct 2002 08:46:27 -0700


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Wow, that's perfect!  Thanks a bunch!
Greg


Tim Wilson wrote:

>On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 08:09:44PM -0700, Greg wrote:
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>>I simply need to remove the leading x amount of characters from a string.  
>>I have a username that looks like this:
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>>ADOMAIN\jsmith
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>I would do this with a Python Script.
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>return str(container.REQUEST.AUTHENTICATED_USER)[8:]
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>should do the trick.
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>Your DTML would be
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><dtml-call expr="REQUEST.set('authU', nameOfPythonScript)">
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>-Tim
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Wow, that's perfect! &nbsp;Thanks a bunch!<br>
Greg<br>
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Tim Wilson wrote:<br>
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  <pre wrap="">On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 08:09:44PM -0700, Greg wrote:
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    <pre wrap="">I simply need to remove the leading x amount of characters from a string.  
I have a username that looks like this:

ADOMAIN\jsmith
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I would do this with a Python Script.

return str(container.REQUEST.AUTHENTICATED_USER)[8:]

should do the trick.

Your DTML would be

&lt;dtml-call expr="REQUEST.set('authU', nameOfPythonScript)"&gt;

-Tim

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