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I'm trying to display a list of names alphabetically ordered. This is working fine, but I also want to check if the name is intoCollection or not (using a Lightswitch).

If it is intoCollection, it displays the letter + the list of names related. If there is no name related to the letter, I need to display nothing (= no letter).

Here is the code which seems good for me, but is not correct:

{% set artists = craft.entries.section('artists').limit(null).order('title') %}
{% for letter, letterEntries in artists | group('title|upper|slice(0, 1)') %}

    {% for entry in letterEntries %}
        {% if entry.intoCollection | length %}

        <div>
            <h3>{{ letter | upper }}</h3>
            <ul> 
            {% for entry in letterEntries %}
                {% if entry.intoCollection %}
                    <li><a href="{{ entry.url }}">{{ entry.title }}</a></li>
                {% endif %}
            {% endfor %}
            </ul>
        </div>

        {% endif %}
    {% endfor %}

{% endfor %}

It displays letters duplicated, but also letters that contain no names...

Any idea? Thanks!

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2 Answers 2

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You'd further filter your returned artist entries down like this:

{% set artists = craft.entries.section('artists').intoCollection('1') %}

Then remove all the unnecessary "intoCollection" conditionals in your loop.

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I didn't know I can do like this. I'm a beginner so I thought it was more complicated than it is ;-) Thanks for your answer, I'll take note of this correct way to filter! –  Romain poirier 2 days ago
    
@romain this is a simple answer to your actual problem, but marion's answer is actually the better answer to your problem description, that "check if child of loop in loop" kind of thing. –  carlcs 2 days ago
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You have {% for entry in letterEntries %} twice, one loop inside the other, which is going to give you things twice. Also, since intoCollection is a Lightswitch Field you test it with {% if entry.intoCollection %} (no |length) Try this:

{% set artists = craft.entries.section('artists').limit(null).order('title') %}
{% for letter, letterEntries in artists | group('title|upper|slice(0, 1)') %}

  {# see if any of the entries is intoCollection #}
  {% set isIntoCollection = false %}
  {% for entry in letterEntries %}
    {% if entry.intoCollection %}
      {% set isIntoCollection = true %}
      {# break here #}
    {% endif %}
  {% endfor %}

  {# now display them #}
  {% if isIntoCollection %}
    <div>
      <h3>{{ letter | upper }}</h3>
      <ul> 
        {% for entry in letterEntries %}
          {% if entry.intoCollection %}
            <li><a href="{{ entry.url }}">{{ entry.title }}</a></li>
          {% endif %}
        {% endfor %}
      </ul>
    </div>
  {% endif %}

{% endfor %}

You can break the loop at {# break here #} if you have the mnbreakandcontinue plugin. It's not necessary, just a potential optimization.

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I actually think the @carlcs solution is cleaner –  Marion Newlevant 2 days ago
    
Thanks! It works, but it does not preserve my loop.index which I use for something else (close my divs rows): it seems to count everything, if entry.intoCollection or not. After one test with few entries, it jumps from 5 to 7. –  Romain poirier 2 days ago
    
Yes marion, but this solution actually fits the question title better AND you could do nice things for those letters that are empty. –  carlcs 2 days ago

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