In Python CGI create select menu using list variable

Question

Is there any convenient/standard way to generate html select menu using list variable? For example I have list variable elements=['aaa','zzz','sss'] And need to generate drop down select menu using this variable:

<select name="dropdown" >
<option value="aaa">aaa</option>
<option value="zzz"> zzz </option>
<option value="sss"> sss </option>
</select> <br />

In Perl for example I can use CGI module and just specify :

 popup_menu(-name=>'dropdown', -values=>['NULL',@elements])

Thank you in advance

Maybe this would work http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1548474/python-html-generator — John Giotta, Dec 28 '10 at 14:57
Lots of suggestions from this as well: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/521621/what-is-the-best-way-to-write-html-from-python It's mostly is suggestions for template engines, but it sounds like Genshi has a direct HTML generator. — mjhm, Dec 28 '10 at 15:06

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 29 '10 at 02:52

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def makeSelect(name,values):
    SEL = '<select name="{0}">\n{1}</select>\n'
    OPT = '<option value="{0}">{0}</option>\n'
    return SEL.format(name, ''.join(OPT.format(v) for v in values))

answered Dec 29 '10 at 02:52

Hugh Bothwell

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Simple and efficient. Thank you, exactly what I need. – Ruslan Dec 29 '10 at 08:46
Glad to help. Please feel free to tag it as the solution! ;-) – Hugh Bothwell Dec 29 '10 at 13:48

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 19 '14 at 21:01

Expanding Hugh's answer a bit, someone might need a selected option:

def makeSelect(name, values, selectedValue=None):
  SEL = '<select name="{0}">\n{1}</select>\n'
  OPT = '<option value="{0}"{1}>{0}</option>\n'
  return SEL.format(name, ''.join(OPT.format(v, " SELECTED" if v==selectedValue else "") for v in values))

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 28 '10 at 14:55

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I'm not aware of a native markup generator, but this library looks promising.

markup.py

EDIT: It looks like it hasn't been worked on since 2007

answered Dec 28 '10 at 14:55

John Giotta

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