Django request.GET

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It seems I can't make this example print "You submitted nothing!". Every time I submit an empty form it says:

You submitted: u''

instead of:

You submitted nothing!

Where did I go wrong?

views.py

def search(request):
    if 'q' in request.GET:
        message = 'You submitted: %r' % request.GET['q']
    else:
        message = 'You submitted nothing!'

    return HttpResponse(message)

template:

<html>
    <head>
        <title> Search </title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form action="/search/"  method="get" >
        <input type="text" name = "q">
        <input type="submit"value="Search"/>
        </form>
    </body>
</html>
request django
8 Answers
msg = request.GET.get('q','default')
if (msg == default):
    message = "YOU SUBMITTED NOTHING"
else: 
    message = "you submitted = %s" %msg"
return HttpResponse(message);
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