Chapter 5 Customizing Generation with GTL
This macro is a simple macro that iterates on the lines of the input template specified as the first argument to the macro. The template specified inside the block is translated for each line of the input. This macro creates a new scope with the local variable CurrentLine. This one is defined inside the block to be the i-th line of the input template at iteration i.
.foreach_line (input [,head [,tail]]) complex-template .next [(separator)]
The following parameters are available:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| input | Input text over which iteration is performed
Type: Simple template |
| head | [optional] Generated before output, if there is one
Type: Text |
| tail | [optional] Appended to the output, if there is one
Type: Text |
| complex-template | Template to apply to each line.
Type: Complex template |
| separator | [optional] Generated between non empty evaluations of complex-template
Type: Text |
Example:
.foreach_line(%Comment%) // %CurrentLine% .next(\n)
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