How to output a comma delimited list in jinja python template?

Question

If I have a list of users say [\"Sam\", \"Bob\", \"Joe\"], I want to do something where I can output in my jinja template file:

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Answer 1

You want your if check to be:

{% if not loop.last %}
    ,
{% endif %}

Note that you can also shorten the code by using If Expression:

{{ ", " if not loop.last }}

Answer 2

And using the joiner from http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/dev/templates/#joiner

{% set comma = joiner(",") %}
{% for user in userlist %}
    {{ comma() }}<a href="/profile/{{ user }}/">{{ user }}</a>
{% endfor %}  

It's made for this exact purpose. Normally a join or a check of forloop.last would suffice for a single list, but for multiple groups of things it's useful.

A more complex example on why you would use it.

{% set pipe = joiner("|") %}
{% if categories %} {{ pipe() }}
    Categories: {{ categories|join(", ") }}
{% endif %}
{% if author %} {{ pipe() }}
    Author: {{ author() }}
{% endif %}
{% if can_edit %} {{ pipe() }}
    <a href="?action=edit">Edit</a>
{% endif %}

Answer 3

you could also use the builtin "join" filter (http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/templates/#join like this:

{{ users|join(', ') }}