How can I use break and continue in Django templates?

Question

I want to put break and continue in my code, but it doesn\'t work in Django template. How can I use continue and break using Django template for loop. Here is an example:

Answer 1

For most of cases there is no need for custom templatetags, it's easy:

continue:

{% for each in iterable %}
  {% if conditions_for_continue %}
       <!-- continue -->
  {% else %}
       ... code ..
  {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

break use the same idea, but with the wider scope:

{% set stop_loop="" %}
{% for each in iterable %}
  {% if stop_loop %}{% else %}
       ... code ..
       under some condition {% set stop_loop="true" %}
       ... code ..
  {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

if you accept iterating more than needed.

Answer 2

For-loops in Django templates are different from plain Python for-loops, so continue and break will not work in them. See for yourself in the Django docs, there are no break or continue template tags. Given the overall position of Keep-It-Simple-Stupid in Django template syntax, you will probably have to find another way to accomplish what you need.

Answer 3

Django doesn't support it naturally.

You can implement forloop|continue and forloop|break with custom filters.

http://djangosnippets.org/snippets/2093/