shoebot/data/variable.py
def sanitize(self, val):
        """Given a Variable and a value, cleans it out"""
        if self.type == NUMBER:
            try:
                return clamp(self.min, self.max, float(val))
            except ValueError:
                return 0.0
        elif self.type == TEXT:
            try:
                return unicode(str(val), "utf_8", "replace")
            except:
                return ""
        elif self.type == BOOLEAN:
            if unicode(val).lower() in ("true", "1", "yes"):
                return True
            else:
                return False
def sanitize(self, val):
        """Given a Variable and a value, cleans it out"""
        if self.type == NUMBER:
            try:
                return clamp(self.min, self.max, float(val))
            except ValueError:
                return 0.0
        elif self.type == TEXT:
            try:
                return unicode(str(val), "utf_8", "replace")
            except:
                return ""
        elif self.type == BOOLEAN:
            if unicode(val).lower() in ("true", "1", "yes"):
                return True
            else:
                return False
Given a Variable and a value, cleans it out