Adding variables in python in html

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I'm trying to add variables in python embedded in my HTML and it just prints out the add statements instead of executing them. Here is my code from my html file:

<% x = 0 %>
{% for c in UGC %}
  {% if c.doctor_id == doctor.id  %}
    <% {{x}} = {{x}} + {{c.time}} %>
    <h4>Around {{c.time}} minutes.</h4>
    <h4>{{c.comment}}</h4>
    <h4>{{c.submitted_on}}</h4>
    <br>
  {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

{{c.time}} prints out the actual time from the database. {{c.comment}} and {{c.submitted_on}} print out the relevant comment and time stamp from the DB respectively. However, when I initialize x to 0 and then try to add time to it on every iteration of the loop, this is printed: '<% = + 33 %>' where 33 is the value of {{c.time}} for that iteration of the loop.

But that's php syntax. What made you think it would work in a Django template? — Daniel Roseman
– Daniel Roseman, Commented Jun 13, 2014 at 19:06

Maxime Lorant · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-13 21:18:34Z

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1 - You are mixing PHP template and Django template.

2 - if you are using x here as a temporary variable, you can use with tag of template.

{% with x = 0 %}

/// you code here

{% endwith %}

3 - this line <% {{x}} = {{x}} + {{c.time}} %> would never work. You have to write your own template tag in order to add. {% x|add:c.time %}

edited Jun 13, 2014 at 21:18

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answered Jun 13, 2014 at 19:24

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Matt · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-13 19:17:18Z

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For one thing (as Daniel Roseman pointed out), the code you have looks like PHP. The Django templating language is not PHP and shouldn't be used in that way. The kind of logic you have in your template should be restricted to the view, with the templates only being used for rendering the output.

Your view could create a list of dicts and pass that list to your template. Then it could be used like this:

{% for doctor_comment in doctor_comment_list %}
    <h4>Around {{ doctor_comment.time }} minutes.</h4>
    <h4>{{ doctor_comment.comment }}</h4>
    <h4>{{ doctor_comment.submitted_on }}</h4>
{% endfor %}

edited Jun 13, 2014 at 19:17

answered Jun 13, 2014 at 19:11

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