Question

How can I use a variable as index in django template?

Right now I get this error:

Exception Type:
TemplateSyntaxError

Exception Value:    
Could not parse the remainder: '[year]' from 'bikesProfit.[year]'

I also tried {{ bikesProfit.year }} but this gives an empty result.

 {%  for year in years_list %}

        <tr>
            <th>Total profit {{ year }}:</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th></th>
            <th> {{ bikesProfit[year] }} </th>

...

Answer 1

It’s a very common question, there are a lot of answers on SO.

You can make custom template filter:

@register.filter
def return_item(l, i):
    try:
        return l[i]
    except:
        return None

Usage:

{{ bikesProfit|return_item:year }}