Thymeleaf - How to loop a list by index

Question

How can I loop by index?

Foo.java

public Foo {
    private List<String> tasks;
    ...
}

index.html

<p>Tasks:
    <span th:each="${index: #numbers.sequence(0, ${foo.tasks.length})}">
        <span th:text="${foo.tasks[index]}"></span>
    </span>
</p>

I got parse error

org.thymeleaf.exceptions.TemplateProcessingException: Could not parse as each: "${index: #numbers.sequence(0,  ${student.tasks.length})}"

Why do you need to use the index when you can already just iterate over the collection? — Jim Garrison, Jul 14 '16 at 06:53
Eventually, I want to convert the list to comma delimeted string. I would like to check if the item is the last element. So I must loop by index first. — richersoon, Jul 14 '16 at 06:55

score 128 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 20 '18 at 15:41

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Thymeleaf th:each allows you to declare an iteration status variable

<span th:each="task,iter : ${foo.tasks}">

Then in the loop you can refer to iter.index and iter.size.

See Tutorial: Using Thymeleaf - 6.2 Keeping iteration status.

edited Dec 20 '18 at 15:41

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score 49 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 05 '19 at 00:14

Thymeleaf always declares implicit iteration status variable if we omit it.

<span th:each="task : ${foo.tasks}">
    <span th:text="${taskStat.index} + ': ' + ${task.name}"></span>
</span>

Here, the status variable name is taskStat which is the aggregation of variable task and the suffix Stat.

Then in the loop, we can refer to taskStat.index, taskStat.size, taskStat.count, taskStat.even and taskStat.odd, taskStat.first and taskStat.last.

^{Source: Tutorial: Using Thymeleaf - 6.2 Keeping iteration status}

Thymeleaf - How to loop a list by index

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