Prevent "&" from being converted to "&" in Jinja

Question

I am iterating over a dictionary in Python. The values that contain & are converted to &. How Do I stop that? It shows on the web page like this:

Hobbies & Leisure

My code looks like this:

{% for k,v  in vertical.iteritems() %}
    {value: '{{k}}', text: "{{v}}"},
{% endfor %}

Answer 1

You can try the safe Jinja filter.

http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/templates/#safe

{% for k, v in vertical.iteritems() %}
    {value: '{{ k|safe }}', text: "{{ v|safe }}"},
{% endfor %}