Python Flask Basics Character Builder Looping Through Items

Posted by TAKUDZWA MUCHINEUTA
TAKUDZWA MUCHINEUTA
6,039 Points

kindly assist l don't know where l am getting it wrong

Your template has been given a list named options. Loop through each item in options and create an <li> inside the <ul>. Print out the name key of each item

app.py 
from flask import Flask, render_template

from options import OPTIONS

app = Flask(__name__)


@app.route('/')
def index():
    return render_template('options.html', options=OPTIONS)
templates/options.html 
<ul>                                     
{% for option in options %}
  <li>option.name</li>
{%end for%} 
</ul>

3 Answers

Alex Koumparos
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Alex Koumparos
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 35,917 Points
Alex Koumparos
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Alex Koumparos
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 35,917 Points

Hi Takudzwa,

You have a couple of errors in your code.

First, when you close your for loop you need to ensure that you have a space between the delimiters that mark the beginning ({%) and end (%}) of your statement block. Note also that the statement to end a for loop is endfor not end for.

Second, inside your <li> tag you just have the string "option.name". This means that on every iteration of the loop, you will inject "option.name" into the list item instead of the value of the name attribute of the option variable. Remember that to access a variable you have to wrap it with {{ }}.

Hope that helps.

Happy coding,

Alex

Jasper Maposa
Jasper Maposa
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Jasper Maposa
Jasper Maposa
26,915 Points

As Alex is saying

<ul>                                     
{% for option in options %}
  <li>{{ option.name }}</li>
{% endfor %} 
</ul>
TAKUDZWA MUCHINEUTA
TAKUDZWA MUCHINEUTA
6,039 Points
TAKUDZWA MUCHINEUTA
TAKUDZWA MUCHINEUTA
6,039 Points

Thank you all for your assistance it worked.