multiple parameters in if statement...

[Kun]

I am trying to make an if-statement that will not do anything and print
'nothing entered' if there is nothing entered in a form. I have the
following code that does that, however, now even if I enter something
into the form, the code still outputs 'nothing entered'. This violates
the if statement and I am wondering what I did wrong.

if form.has_key("delete_id") and form["delete_id"].value != "" and
form.has_key("delete_date") and form["delete_date"].value != "" and
form.has_key("delete_purchasetype") and
form["delete_purchasetype"].value != "" and form.has_key("delete_price")
and form["delete_price"].value != "" and form.has_key("delete_comment")
and form["delete_comment"].value != "":
delete_id=form['delete_id'].value
delete_date=form['delete_date'].value
delete_purchasetype=form['delete_purchasetype'].value
delete_price=form['delete_price'].value
delete_comment=form['delete_comment'].value
else:
print "ERROR: Nothing entered!"
raise Exception

[mensanator]

Kun wrote:

I am trying to make an if-statement that will not do anything and print
'nothing entered' if there is nothing entered in a form. I have the
following code that does that, however, now even if I enter something
Yes, but did you enter everything?
into the form, the code still outputs 'nothing entered'.
The logic doesn't imply "nothing", it implies "not everything".
The else clause will execute if ANY item is not enetered.
This violates
the if statement and I am wondering what I did wrong.

if form.has_key("delete_id") and form["delete_id"].value != "" and
form.has_key("delete_date") and form["delete_date"].value != "" and
form.has_key("delete_purchasetype") and
form["delete_purchasetype"].value != "" and form.has_key("delete_price")
and form["delete_price"].value != "" and form.has_key("delete_comment")
and form["delete_comment"].value != "":
delete_id=form['delete_id'].value
delete_date=form['delete_date'].value
delete_purchasetype=form['delete_purchasetype'].value
delete_price=form['delete_price'].value
delete_comment=form['delete_comment'].value
else:
print "ERROR: Nothing entered!"
raise Exception

[Kun]

me********@aol.com wrote:

Kun wrote:

I am trying to make an if-statement that will not do anything and print
'nothing entered' if there is nothing entered in a form. I have the
following code that does that, however, now even if I enter something

Yes, but did you enter everything?

into the form, the code still outputs 'nothing entered'.

The logic doesn't imply "nothing", it implies "not everything".
The else clause will execute if ANY item is not enetered.

This violates
the if statement and I am wondering what I did wrong.

if form.has_key("delete_id") and form["delete_id"].value != "" and
form.has_key("delete_date") and form["delete_date"].value != "" and
form.has_key("delete_purchasetype") and
form["delete_purchasetype"].value != "" and form.has_key("delete_price")
and form["delete_price"].value != "" and form.has_key("delete_comment")
and form["delete_comment"].value != "":
delete_id=form['delete_id'].value
delete_date=form['delete_date'].value
delete_purchasetype=form['delete_purchasetype'].value
delete_price=form['delete_price'].value
delete_comment=form['delete_comment'].value
else:
print "ERROR: Nothing entered!"
raise Exception

How do I make this so that it only prints 'nothing entered' when none of
the fields are entered?

[Peter Otten]

Kun wrote:

me********@aol.com wrote:

Kun wrote:

I am trying to make an if-statement that will not do anything and print
'nothing entered' if there is nothing entered in a form. I have the
following code that does that, however, now even if I enter something

Yes, but did you enter everything?

into the form, the code still outputs 'nothing entered'.

The logic doesn't imply "nothing", it implies "not everything".
The else clause will execute if ANY item is not enetered.

This violates
the if statement and I am wondering what I did wrong.

if form.has_key("delete_id") and form["delete_id"].value != "" and
form.has_key("delete_date") and form["delete_date"].value != "" and
form.has_key("delete_purchasetype") and
form["delete_purchasetype"].value != "" and form.has_key("delete_price")
and form["delete_price"].value != "" and form.has_key("delete_comment")
and form["delete_comment"].value != "":
delete_id=form['delete_id'].value
delete_date=form['delete_date'].value
delete_purchasetype=form['delete_purchasetype'].value
delete_price=form['delete_price'].value
delete_comment=form['delete_comment'].value
else:
print "ERROR: Nothing entered!"
raise Exception

How do I make this so that it only prints 'nothing entered' when none of
the fields are entered?

def has_data(form, fields):
for field in fields:
if form.has_key(field) and form[field] != "":
return True
return False

fields = ["delete_id", "delete_date", "delete_purchasetype", "delete_price",
"delete_comment"]

if not has_data(form, fields):
print "nothing entered"

Just testing for

if field in form: ...

instead of

if form.has_key(field) and form[field] != "": ...

is probably sufficient if form is a cgi.FieldStorage.

Peter