How can I render a font icon multiple times in Liquid?

English Shopify Technical Q&A
1

Hi,

I’m trying to do something quite simple, well, I think it’s simple, but struggling!

I am making a rating system where I am using a font awesome icon. All I want to do is pass a given number, say 3, to then render out that icon out 3 times.

My usual attack would be to do new Array(3) then iterate over it. But I can’t seem to find a way to do this in Liquid.

Any ideas?

Many thanks.

2

Hi @navster , I assume you want to iterate using loops, please have a look at the following code.

{% for i in (1..5) %}
<!-- Your code will be here -->
{% endfor %}

Or if want to use an array, check the following example code

{% assign array = [1,2,3] %}
{% for item in array %}
  {{ item }}
{% endfor %}
3

Ahh that’s spot on mate - thank you! I was not aware of the 1..x syntax.

Thanks again :slight_smile:

4

Here is a succinct way to render snippets (which could contain icons) iteratively:

{%- liquid
  assign upsells = section.blocks | where: 'type', 'upsell'
  render 'block-product-upsell' for upsells as upsell
-%}