in: Loops over sequences

  The 'in' tag gives you powerful controls for looping over sequences
  and performing batch processing.

  Syntax

    'in' tag syntax::

      <dtml-in SequenceVariable|expr="SequenceExpression">
      [<dtml-else>]
      </dtml-in>

    The 'in' block is repeated once for each item in the sequence
    variable or sequence expression. The current item is pushed on to
    the DTML namespace during each executing of the 'in' block.

    If there are no items in the sequence variable or expression, the
    optional 'else' block is executed.

  Attributes

    mapping -- Iterates over mapping objects rather than
    instances. This allows values of the mapping objects to be
    accessed as DTML variables.

    reverse -- Reverses the sequence.

    sort=string -- Sorts the sequence by the given attribute name.

    start=int -- The number of the first item to be shown, where
    items are numbered from 1.

    end=int -- The number of the last item to be shown, where items
    are numbered from 1.

    size=int -- The size of the batch.

    skip_unauthorized -- Don't raise an exception if an unauthorized
    item is encountered.

    orphan=int -- The desired minimum batch size.

    overlap=int -- The number of items to overlap between batches. The
    default value is 3.

    previous -- Iterates once if there is a previous batch. Sets batch
    variables for previous sequence. 

    next -- Iterates once if there is a next batch. Sets batch variables
    for the next sequence.

  Tag Variables

    Current Item Variables

      These variables describe the current item.

        sequence-item -- The current item.

        sequence-key -- The current key. When looping over tuples of the
        form '(key,value)', the 'in' tag interprets them as
        '(sequence-key, sequence-item)'. 

        sequence-index -- The index starting with 0 of the current item.

        sequence-number -- The index starting with 1 of the current item.

        sequence-roman -- The index in lowercase Roman numerals of the
        current item.

        sequence-Roman -- The index in uppercase Roman numerals of the
        current item.

        sequence-letter -- The index in lowercase letters of the current
        item.

        sequence-Letter -- The index in uppercase letters of the current
        item.

        sequence-start -- True if the current item is the first item.

        sequence-end -- True if the current item is the last item.

        sequence-even -- True if the index of the current item is even.

        sequence-odd -- True if the index of the current item is odd.

        sequence-length -- The length of the sequence.

        sequence-var-*variable* -- A variable in the current item. For
        example, 'sequence-var-title' is the 'title' variable of the
        current item. Normally you can access these variables directly
        since the current item is pushed on the DTML namespace. However
        these variables can be useful when displaying previous and next
        batch information.

        sequence-index-*variable* -- The index of a variable of the
        current item.

    Summary Variables

      These variable summarize information about numeric item
      variables. To use these variable you must loop over objects
      (like database query results) that have numeric variables.

        total-*variable* -- The total of all occurrences of an item variable. 

        count-*variable* -- The number of occurrences of an item variable.

        min-*variable* -- The minimum value of an item variable.

        max-*variable* -- The maximum value of an item variable.

        mean-*variable* -- The mean value of an item variable.

        variance-*variable* -- The variance of an item variable with
        count-1 degrees of freedom. 

        variance-n-*variable* -- The variance of an item variable with
        count degrees of freedom. 

        standard-deviation-*variable* -- The standard-deviation of an
        item variable with count-1 degrees of freedom.

        standard-deviation-n-*variable* -- The standard-deviation of
        an item variable with count degrees of freedom.

    Grouping Variables

      These variables allow you to track changes in current item
      variables.

        first-*variable* -- True if the current item is the first with
        a particular value for a variable.

        last-*variable* -- True if the current item is the last with a
        particular value for a variable.

    Batch Variables

      sequence-query -- The query string with the 'start' variable
      removed. You can use this variable to construct links to next
      and previous batches.

      sequence-step-size -- The batch size.

      previous-sequence -- True if the current batch is not the
      first one. Note, this variable is only true the first loop
      iteration. 

      previous-sequence-start-index -- The starting index of the
      previous batch.

      previous-sequence-start-number -- The starting number of the
      previous batch. Note, this is the same as
      'previous-sequence-start-index' + 1.

      previous-sequence-end-index -- The ending index of the previous
      batch. 

      previous-sequence-end-number -- The ending number of the
      previous batch. Note, this is the same as
      'previous-sequence-end-index' + 1.

      previous-sequence-size -- The size of the previous batch.

      previous-batches -- A sequence of mapping objects with
      information about all previous batches. Each mapping object has
      these keys 'batch-start-index', 'batch-end-index', and
      'batch-size'.

      next-sequence -- True if the current batch is not the last
      batch. Note, this variable is only true for the last loop
      iteration. 

      next-sequence-start-index -- The starting index of the next
      sequence. 

      next-sequence-start-number -- The starting number of the next
      sequence. Note, this is the same as 'next-sequence-start-index'
      + 1.

      next-sequence-end-index -- The ending index of the next
      sequence. 

      next-sequence-end-number -- The ending number of the next
      sequence. Note, this is the same as 'next-sequence-end-index'
      + 1.

      next-sequence-size -- The size of the next index.

      next-batches -- A sequence of mapping objects with information
      about all following batches. Each mapping object has these keys
      'batch-start-index', 'batch-end-index', and 'batch-size'.

  Examples

    Looping over sub-objects::

      <dtml-in objectValues>
        title: <dtml-var title><br>
      </dtml-in>

    Looping over a list of '(key, value)' tuples::

      <dtml-in objectItems>
        id: <dtml-var sequence-key>, title: <dtml-var title><br>
      </dtml-in> 

    Creating alternate colored table cells::

      <table>
      <dtml-in objectValues>
      <tr <dtml-if sequence-odd>bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
          <dtml-else>bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
          </dtml-if>
        <td><dtml-var title></td>
      </tr>
      </dtml-in>
      </table>

    Basic batch processing::

      <p>
      <dtml-in largeSequence size=10 start=start previous>
        <a href="<dtml-var absolute_url><dtml-var sequence-query>start=<dtml-var previous-sequence-start-number>">Previous</a>
      </dtml-in>

      <dtml-in largeSequence size=10 start=start next>
        <a href="<dtml-var absolute_url><dtml-var sequence-query>start=<dtml-var next-sequence-start-number>">Next</a>
      </dtml-in>
      </p>

      <p>
      <dtml-in largeSequence size=10 start=start>
        <dtml-var sequence-item>
      </dtml-in>
      </p>

    This example creates *Previous* and *Next* links to navigate
    between batches. Note, by using 'sequence-query', you do not lose
    any GET variables as you navigate between batches.








