Django templates: Simple numeric for loop with only built in components
Scenario:
In your web page, you want to print out a few identical items in a loop. Perhaps you want 5 rows worth of initial inputs available in a form.
Problem:
Django’s template language has no way to do a simple numeric loop.
Solution:
{% for i in 12345|make_list %}
{{ i }}
{% endfor %}
Notes:
Clearly this is not beautiful. But, it works nicely for small cases, and it doesn’t require you to set up any additional template tags or add a range to your context in your view. I’m sure others have used this approach before, but I couldn’t find anything about it by searching so I thought I’d share.