problem with subracting from number that I get with cgi module

[Darrell]

Try this.

num = string.atoi( urlargs["num"].value)

--Darrell
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeremy Lunn" <aussiepenguin at yahoo.com>
To: <python-list at python.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 10:05 PM
Subject: problem with subracting from number that I get with cgi module


> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to get a number with the cgi modules like:
> form = cgi.FieldStorage()
> num = urlargs["num"].value
> 
> But I can't subtract from it, when I try to do that like:
> newnum = num-1
> 
> I get an error like this:
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "./numtest.py", line 9, in ?
>     numtwo = num-1
> TypeError: bad operand type(s) for -
> 
> Would this mean that the number I am getting isn't really a number or
> what?
> 
> Anyone have any ideas how I could get this to work?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jeremy
>       
> 
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