Passing a string argument by reference

[Irmen de Jong]

Andrew Chalk wrote:

> Thanks. You guessed correctly about what I am trying to do although I think
> the syntax is:
> 
> self.txtCIF = self.form.getvalue('txtCIF', self.txtCIF)

Please don't top-post.

Anyway it looks like form is actually a FieldStorage object from the cgi module,
am I right? It would have helped (a bit) if you pointed that out earlier.
But, never mind, it works now! Glad to be able to help you out.

--Irmen