Re: [htmltmpl] Numeric loops

[Dan H. <dan...@re...>]

On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 20:34 -0400, Michael Peters wrote:
> Dan Horne wrote:
> > Hi all
> > 
> > Is there a way to loop from a lower integer to an higher one? For example,
> > say an article has a rating of 4. I'd like to loop from 1 to 4 and print a
> > star at each iteration. The only way I can see of doing this is create an
> > array ref in the perl coder and pass that to the template, which seems a lot
> > of pointless effort 
> 
> If you're so concerned about doing it in your Perl code, then I'd do it with
> Javascript. Create extra image elements depending on the rating value.
> 

Well, I'm not "so" concerned (which to me implies some kind of fervour
that I don't think I stated). I was simply asking if there was a way to
iterate through integer values that I couldn't see in the POD - simple
so the designers could decide what to do with the integer - either
iterate from 1 to it, or print it out. Doing it in Perl tends to pre-
suppose one solution over the other. The designers don't really have
problems with loops - they've used H:T and TT, but I don't think they
want to learn Javascript.

Thanks

Dan