how to loop 7 times in the django templates

Question

this is my code :

{% for i in range(7)%}
        <option value={{i+1}}> {{i+1}}</option>
{% endfor %}

but it show error ,

what can i do ,

thanks

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1107737/numeric-for-loop-in-django-templates same question? — dting, Mar 09 '11 at 08:09

score 55 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 29 '12 at 20:20

55

In python strings are iterables so this works :

{% for i in "1234567" %}
    <option value={{i}}> {{i}}</option>
{% endfor %}

It's explicit, so quite OK, but zjm1126's answer is probably better for long term consideration.

answered Aug 29 '12 at 20:20

blobmaster

score 50 · Accepted Answer · edited May 21 '15 at 18:55

50

views.py:

context['loop_times'] = range(1, 8)

html:

{% for i in loop_times %}
        <option value={{ i }}>{{ i }}</option>
{% endfor %}

edited May 21 '15 at 18:55

ghickman

answered Mar 09 '11 at 08:21

zjm1126

12

+1: Best to put this in the view, but `range(1, 8)` would be much cleaner. – Sam Dolan Mar 09 '11 at 09:28
2

Why not just pass the range? view: context['loop_range'] = range(1, 8) template: {% for i in loop_range %} ... {% endfor %} – Mouad Debbar Jan 08 '14 at 08:17
Love the simplicity, thank you. Bizarre that something so simple isn't supported in templates. – Alveoli Jul 31 '14 at 16:23
My question is, how do I add this getting for example user posts? I need to loop only three posts from users so how would I add the range within the view? For example ``` posts = Post.objects.all()```. Then in templates ```{% post in posts:"3" %}```. That is my approach but for my limited understanding I am not finding a clear answer. – Elias Prado Mar 14 '20 at 01:56

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 09 '11 at 08:04

Django templates don't support ranges. You have a couple options:

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