How to get a zero-based count in a Velocity foreach loop

Question

I am trying to get a zero-based counter in a Velocity #foreach directive.

if i use:

#foreach ($item in $list)
   item.getName() : $veloc         


        

Answer 1

If you are using Velocity 1.7 there are $foreach.index (0-based) and $foreach.count (1-based) special vars available inside loops.

$velocityCount is something that was deprecated long time ago afaik.