Jinja2 first x items in for ... if loop

Question

I have the following loop in my jinja2 template

{% for item in list if item.author == 'bob' %}

I am trying to get the first 5 elements that have bob as the author.

I tried to do

{% for item in list if item.author == 'bob' and loop.index <= 5 %}

but he returned an undefined error.

How to make it work?

+5

applechief Sep 11 '12 at 11:16

2 answers

to skip the first x elements you can

{% for category in categories[x:] %}

with all the expressions you can use for regular lists

+3

OWADVL May 05 '15 at 12:30

olly_uk · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-11T11:19:39+0000

EDIT:

can you just nest the expressions ?, i.e.

{% for item in list if item.author == 'bob' %}
    {% if loop.index <= 5 %}
       do something
    {% endif %}
{% endfor %}