Question

I have a python list that looks like this example:

[[' 1', ' 200', ' 30', ' item a'], [' 1', ' 500', ' 20', ' item b']]

This is then passed through to the template in django.

I am trying to generate a table using this data:

Each internal bracket (there are 2 in this example: [' 1', ' 200', ' 30', ' item a'] and [' 1', ' 500', ' 20', ' item b'] ) need to be in a new line in the table. So for this example, there would be 2 rows.

Each field within the internal brackets has to go in a new column in the table.. So this table will have 4 columns and 2 rows.

Answer 1

The basic template tag you need is the for tag:

{% if my_list %}
    <table>
    {% for row in my_list %}
        <tr>
        {% for item in row %}
            <td>{{ item }}</td>
        {% endfor %}
        </tr>
    {% endfor %}
    </table>
{% endif %}

I also use an if tag so you don’t end up with an empty set of table tags if there are no rows in the list.