How to output a comma delimited list in jinja python template?

If I have a list of users say ["Sam", "Bob", "Joe"], I want to do something where I can output in my jinja template file:

{% for user in userlist %}
    <a href="/profile/{{ user }}/">{{ user }}</a>
    {% if !loop.last %}
        , 
    {% endif %}
{% endfor %}   

I want to make the output template be:

Sam, Bob, Joe

I tried the above code to check if it was on the last iteration of the loop and if not, then don't insert a comma, but it does not work. How do I do this?

Solution 1:

You want your if check to be:

{% if not loop.last %}
    ,
{% endif %}

Note that you can also shorten the code by using If Expression:

{{ ", " if not loop.last else "" }}

Solution 2:

you could also use the builtin "join" filter (http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/templates/#join like this:

{{ users|join(', ') }}

Solution 3:

And using the joiner from https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/templates/#joiner

{% set comma = joiner(",") %}
{% for user in userlist %}
    {{ comma() }}<a href="/profile/{{ user }}/">{{ user }}</a>
{% endfor %}  

It's made for this exact purpose. Normally a join or a check of forloop.last would suffice for a single list, but for multiple groups of things it's useful.

A more complex example on why you would use it.

{% set pipe = joiner("|") %}
{% if categories %} {{ pipe() }}
    Categories: {{ categories|join(", ") }}
{% endif %}
{% if author %} {{ pipe() }}
    Author: {{ author() }}
{% endif %}
{% if can_edit %} {{ pipe() }}
    <a href="?action=edit">Edit</a>
{% endif %}