templetor for loops need odd and even functions like django

[Aaron Swartz]

There should be some way to get the n of a for loop and whether it's odd or even. I'm thinking something like:

$for r in rows:
    <tr class="${for.parity}row"><th>$for.n</th><td>$r.name</td></tr>

The variables available this way would ideally be:

$for.n: the iteration of the loop (1-indexed)
$for.n0: the iteration of the loop (0-indexed)
$for.first: True if first iteration
$for.last: True if last iteration
$for.odd: True if an odd iteration
$for.even: True if an even iteration
$for.parity: "odd" or "even" depending on which is true
$for.parent: the loop above this in nested loops

[Aaron Swartz (aaronsw)]

i can probably work on this if you can't do it

[Tommi (tommi+-deactivatedaccount)]

What's the status with this?

[Anand Chitipothu (anandology)]

Since for is a keyword, I would prefer using forloop.xxx instead of for.xxx.

How about forloop.index instead of for.n?

[Aaron Swartz (aaronsw)]

I was thinking it made sense to use a reserved word so that existing
variables wouldn't get clobbered. Also, I like the brevity. Maybe
$loop instead?

Why do you prefer index?

[Anand Chitipothu (anandology)]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Aaron Swartz <email address hidden> wrote:
> I was thinking it made sense to use a reserved word so that existing
> variables wouldn't get clobbered.
Since I am trying to generate python code from the template in my new
implementation, it will not work.

> Also, I like the brevity. Maybe $loop instead?

fine.

> Why do you prefer index?

n is typically used to indicate length of the list.

[Aaron Swartz (aaronsw)]

Fine.

[Anand Chitipothu (anandology)]

How about adding:

loop.length - length of the loop (n)
loop.revindex - reverse index (n to 1)
loop.revindex0 - reverse index (n-1 to 0)

[Aaron Swartz (aaronsw)]

> loop.length - length of the loop (n)
> loop.revindex - reverse index (n to 1)
> loop.revindex0 - reverse index (n-1 to 0)

Sure.
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