The dot notation {{answers.answer}} is equivalent to these Python 
expressions:

    answers['answer']
    answers.answer
    answers.answer()

you want:

    answers[answer]

but the template engine doesn't know that you mean answer to be a 
variable rather than a literal.

--Ned.

Todd O'Bryan wrote:
> I'm trying to display the values from a form on a summary page using  
> a template. (Actually, I'm trying to do something more complicated,  
> but let's start here.) Using {% debug %} I can see that, for example,
>
> answers = { 'a':1, 'b':2, 'c':3 }
>
> and in my template I have
>
> {% for answer in answers.keys %}
> {{answer}} = {{answers.answer}}<br/>
> {% endfor %}
>
> I would expect this to print
>
> a = 1
> b = 2
> c = 3
>
> but I get
>
> a =
> b =
> c =
>
> Am I wrong that the dot notation is supposed to do dictionary lookup  
> or is there some other way to do this?
>
> (I'm using m-r 2746.)
>
> Thanks,
> Todd
>
> >
>
>
>
>   

-- 
Ned Batchelder, http://nedbatchelder.com

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