How can I use break and continue in Django templates?

Question

I want to put break and continue in my code, but it doesn't work in Django template. How can I use continue and break using Django template for loop. Here is an example:

{% for i in i_range %} {% for frequency in patient_meds.frequency %} {% ifequal frequency i %} <td class="nopad"><input type="checkbox" name="frequency-1" value="{{ i }}" checked/> {{ i }} AM</td> {{ forloop.parentloop|continue }} ////// It doesn't work { continue }                      ////// It also doesn't work {% endifequal %} {% endfor%} <td class="nopad"><input type="checkbox" name="frequency-1" value="{{ i }}"/> {{ i }} AM</td> {% endfor %} 

Answer 1

Django doesn't support it naturally.

You can implement forloop|continue and forloop|break with custom filters.

http://djangosnippets.org/snippets/2093/

Answer 2

For-loops in Django templates are different from plain Python for-loops, so continue and break will not work in them. See for yourself in the Django docs, there are no break or continue template tags. Given the overall position of Keep-It-Simple-Stupid in Django template syntax, you will probably have to find another way to accomplish what you need.