Question

Hi I want to do this in my views:

recent_articles_list = Article.objects.order_by('-timestamp')[:3]
headline_article = recent_articles_list.pop()[0]

however, just get the error:

'QuerySet' object has no attribute 'pop'

I have also transformed it to a list:

headline_article = list(recent_articles_list).pop[0]

But then I get:

'builtin_function_or_method' object is not subscriptable

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

Answer 1

If you want to use it in template, i suggest to use {{forloop.first}}

Pass the recent_articles_list QuerySet to the template, and:

{% for article in recent_articles_list %}
    {% if forloop.first %}
        <!-- headline article -->
        {{article}}
    {% else %}
        <!-- other articles --->
        {{article}}
    {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/ref/templates/builtins/?from=olddocs#for