Variable array in the .ini file

[xsherlockpl]

Dear, I have a really noob issue, please be forgiving.
Is that tool capable of reading a variable list? I guess it is but I can't figure out the syntax as all examples have single value for a variable name
I have a .ini that I think should look like that.

[sensors]
name=aaa,bbb,ccc

and a template that

{% for name in sensors %}
Sensor name is {{ sensors.name }}
{% endfor %}

I was hoping that would get me the following result/

Sensor name is aaa
Sensor name is bbb
Sensor name is ccc

Instead I get the file with
Sensor name is aaa,bbb,ccc

The list is not iterated. What am I missing?

[Edmond Hui]

I am seeing the same issue with --format=env

It would be nice if there is a way to do {% for x in y%}

[Edmond Hui]

A test template:

{% for x in lists %}
- {{ x }}
{% endfor %}

env file:

lists=( aa bb cc )

run:

j2 --format=env test.html env.txt

- (

-

- a

- a

-

- b

- b

-

- c

- c

-

- )

[Spencer Bliven]

The easiest way is to use string splitting.

{% set sensorlist = sensors.name.split(',') -%}
{% for name in sensorlist -%}
Sensor name is {{ name }}
{% endfor %}

with your .ini file yields

Sensor name is aaa
Sensor name is bbb
Sensor name is ccc

[Edmond Hui]

confirmed @sbliven solution works.

I can concat my items with comma and set the envvar, then split it into a list inside the template

Thanks!

[Mark]

Hi!
This project gets some interest, but sadly, I'm not maintaining it =\

Maintainer wanted!
Discussion: Maintainer Wanted