How can I use a variable as index in django template?

Question

How can I use a variable as index in django template?

Right now I get this error:

Exception Type:
TemplateSyntaxError

Exception Value:    
Could not         


        

Answer 1

It's a very common question, there are a lot of answers on SO.

You can make custom template filter:

@register.filter
def return_item(l, i):
    try:
        return l[i]
    except:
        return None

Usage:

{{ bikesProfit|return_item:year }}