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Python Flask Basics Character Builder Loop Nested Items

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Can't pass flask loop challenge

I can't get past the flask loop challenge. It keeps saying can't find the right number of <li> items (0). Not sure why?

flask_app.py 
from flask import Flask, render_template

from teachers import TEACHERS

app = Flask(__name__)


@app.route('/')
def index():
    return render_template("teachers.html", teachers=TEACHERS)
templates/teachers.html 
<ul class="teachers">
  {% for item in teachers[name] %}
  <li>
    <h2>{{ teachers[name] }}</h2>
  </li>
  {% endfor %}
</ul>

2 Answers

Ryan Merritt
Ryan Merritt
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Ryan Merritt
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Jinja2 allows you to access attributes of objects in two ways:

{{ foo.bar }}

or

{{ foo['bar'] }}

The name attribute in your for loop should be surrounded by quotes like this:

{% for item in teachers['name'] %}

Additionally, remember to use the variable you set inside the forloop. You set a variable named item to represent each value found in teachers['name'] so instead of using {{ teachers['name'] }} inside the header tag, try item. 

{% for item in teachers['name'] %}
    <li>
        <h2>{{ item }}</h2>
    </li>
{% endfor %}

Let me know if there are any further issues. Good luck!

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Thanks but I still get an error: 'Didn't find the right number of <li>'s found 0'

<ul class="teachers">
{% for item in teachers['name'] %}
    <li>
        <h2>{{ item }}</h2>
    </li>
{% endfor %}

</ul>
Ryan Merritt
Ryan Merritt
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Ryan Merritt
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Ahhhh teachers is some kind of iterable of objects, each having a 'name' attribute, meaning that you should loops through teachers and access 'name' for each item. 

<ul class="teachers">
{% for teacher in teachers %}
  <li><h2>{{ teacher['name'] }}</h2></li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
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Thanks that worked. Shame they couldn't have just shown us what teachers is.

Ryan Merritt
Ryan Merritt
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Ryan Merritt
Ryan Merritt
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Depending on the challenge you can print the object to see what it says. Occasionally the "bummer" response will say, "Got x instead of y." showing you the contents of what you printed.