No, you define a function like show() in Massimo's example, and then you
just call that function:
{{=show(roots[0])}}
show() is called recursively. The default/initial value of "n" is 0 (you
don't need to specify that), and the recursive calls automatically
increment n by 1.
Anthony
On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 2:06:14 PM UTC-4, Alex Glaros wrote:
>
> can someone show me syntax for use outside of the "return" statement?
>
> In other words, I want to run and display data within a larger function
> than the example, that already has vars and data I need, and displays other
> data that needs to appear.
>
> My model is self-referencing table with link to parent named:
> "taxonomy_column_parent_fk
>
> In controller
>
> roots = db(db.taxonomy_column).select().as_trees(parent_name=
> "taxonomy_column_parent_fk")
>
> In view
>
> {{for c in roots:}}
> {{=' '*n+row.body+'\n'+''.join(show(c,n+1))}}
> {{pass}}
>
> Error
>
> <type 'exceptions.NameError'> name 'n' is not defined
>
> thanks
>
> Alex Glaros
>
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