Django template for loop

Question

I have a template where I get certain variables back. One variable is instance.category which outputs: "words words words" which are values split by spaced.

When I use the code below I get letter by letter back and not the words.

{% for icon in instance.category  %}
  <p>{{ icon }}</p>
{% endfor %}

Output

<p>w</p>
<p>o</p>
<p>r</p>
<p>d</p>
<p>w</p>
....

I need:

<p>word</p>
<p>word</p>
<p>word</p>

The Django plugin code

from cmsplugin_filer_image.cms_plugins import FilerImagePlugin
from cms.plugin_pool import plugin_pool
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
from models import Item

class PortfolioItemPlugin(FilerImagePlugin):
    model = Item
    name = "Portfolio item"
    render_template = "portfolio/item.html"
    fieldsets = (
        (None, {
            'fields': ('title', 'category',)
        }),
        (None, {
            'fields': (('image', 'image_url',), 'alt_text',)
        }),
        (_('Image resizing options'), {
            'fields': (
                'use_original_image',
                ('width', 'height', 'crop', 'upscale'),
                'use_autoscale',
            )
        }),
        (_('More'), {
            'classes': ('collapse',),
            'fields': (('free_link', 'page_link', 'file_link', 'original_link', 'target_blank'),)
        }),
    )

plugin_pool.register_plugin(PortfolioItemPlugin)

Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

If your separator is always " " and category is a string, you don't actually need a custom template filter. You could simply call split with no parameters:

{% for icon in instance.category.split %}
  <p>{{ icon }}</p>
{% endfor %}