You might try a with tag to get the loop counter into a variable.
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Rami <rrr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks.
> But note that I'm not looking for the dict value in MyList, rather: I
> loop on MyList and (trying to) retrieve the dict value from (another
> var) BOOK_PHONE with key=loop.counter.
> I think that makes it a bit more challenging, but still it's a fairly
> simple case. It's this limitation in the template syntax ... that
> doesn't allow you to do MyDict[key], instead you need to write
> MyDict.key (dot). But my key is "loop.counter", and
> MyDict.loop.counter (2 dots) is too much for the template to be
> interpreted correctly.
>
>
> On Sep 8, 12:51 pm, Andre Terra <andrete...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> There is an inflexibility indeed, because the template is meant for
>> designers, not programmers.
>>
>> Try {% for key, value in MyList.items %} instead.
>>
>> A hackier solution would be to write your custom template tag like {%
>> get_from_dict foo bar %} to try to get foo[bar]. But in this case you can
>> just use items(), as it's often the case when iterating over dictionaries.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> AT
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Rami <rrr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > I have a dict var defined in server side, like PHONE_BOOK={1:'634534',
>> > 2:'264886', 3:'455346' etc..}
>> > Then in my django template I have this loop where I need to print the
>> > PHONE_BOOK[loop counter]:
>> > {% for Item in MyList %}
>>
>> > Item.first_name | PHONE_BOOK.forloop.counter
>>
>> > {% endfor %}
>> > ---------------------------------
>> > For some reason PHONE_BOOK.forloop.counter doesn't work and neither
>> > the more direct ways like PHONE_BOOK[forloop.counter]; it seems to me
>> > that there's a bit of an inflexibility in the django template renderin
>> > mechanism.
>>
>> > Any idea how to solve that?
>>
>> > Thanks.
>>
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