How to increment a variable on a for loop in jinja template?

Question

I would like to do something like:

variable p is from test.py which is a list [\'a\',\'b\',\'c\',\'d\']

{% for i in p %}
{{variable++}}
{{variable}}
         


        

Answer 1

As Jeroen says there are scoping issues: if you set 'count' outside the loop, you can't modify it inside the loop.

You can defeat this behavior by using an object rather than a scalar for 'count':

{% set count = [1] %}

You can now manipulate count inside a forloop or even an %include%. Here's how I increment count (yes, it's kludgy but oh well):

{% if count.append(count.pop() + 1) %}{% endif %} {# increment count by 1 #}