Assign an array literal to a variable in Liquid Template

Question

The only way i know to create an array from my liquid template is:

{% assign my_array = "one|two|three" | split: "|" %} 

Is there any other way to do it?

Answer 1

Frontmatter

This is a good workaround, add to the top of your file:

--- my_array:   - one   - two   - three --- 

then use it as:

{{ page.my_array }} 

Analogous for site wide site.data.my_array on the _config or under _data/some_file.yml.

Jekyll 3 update for layouts

If the frontmatter is that of a layout, you need to use:

{{ layout.style }} 

instead. See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37418818/895245

Answer 2

Is there any other way to do it?

Nope, your split filter is the way to do it.