[Templates] Hash key with whitespace
Josh Rosenbaum
josh@infogears.com
Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:48:54 -0600
Mike Friedman wrote:
> Perhaps this is a stupid question, but I can't seem to find the answer
> in TFM.
>
> How do you look up a hash value whose key has a space in it?
>
> I tried:
>
> [% foo."bar baz" %] and [% foo.${bar baz} %]
>
> but each of these results in a syntax error.
>
> I can use a workaround:
>
> [% SET key = "bar baz" %]
> [% foo.$key %]
>
> But I'm sure there must be a better way.
This works:
http://www.template-toolkit.org/docs/plain/Manual/VMethods.html#Hash_Virtual_Methods
# item
Returns an item from the hash using a key passed as an argument.
[% hash.item('foo') %] # same as hash.foo
-- Josh