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accessing YAML arrays #406

Closed clausbertels closed 6 years ago

clausbertels commented 6 years ago

Hi guys,

I've been trying to access some data in the Front matter array using the percent syntax. I.e.:

social: 
 - link: myname@gmail.com
   icon: email.svg
 - link: http://www.instagram.com/myname
   icon: instagram.svg
 - link: http://www.linkedin.com/in/myname
   icon: linkedin.svg

How do I get the instagram link for example? I tried %meta.social[1].link%

Thank you in advance.

PhrozenByte commented 6 years ago

I'm afraid this isn't possible. The %meta.*% syntax is meant to be a simple and convenient way of including (or rather replacing) static contents like a description or title, not for things like arrays what would require a pretty complex parser. Depending on what you're trying to achieve a Twig-based solution is probably the best way to go.

clausbertels commented 6 years ago

I'm using the front matter social in the template to display the icons in the header (much like the default content-sample). I'd like to also inline those links on the page. Since it's a small site and I only need this on one page I'm fine just using markdown link references and editing two places in the future. But I could imagine that, for a bigger site, inlining meta links could prove useful.

Thanks for letting me know I'm not crazy. I was trying so many things!

Issue resolved.

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