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Python

Posted by Adam Raitano
Adam Raitano
5,387 Points

Create a macro name hide_email... Challenge

So, my code here is a bit verbose. I looked and found a more succinct way of putting things (I will one day be good at this, I swear). The code below works in a python command prompt (on my computer). Why would it not work here? Just a curiosity.

Thanks

lunch.py 
from flask import Flask, render_template

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/')
def index():
    class User:
        email = None
    user = User()
    user.email = 'kenneth@teamtreehouse.com'
    return render_template('user.html', user=user)
templates/macro.html 
{% macro hide_email(User) %}
  {% name, address = User.email.split('@') %}
  {% list(name) %}
    {% for iter, char in enumerater(name) %}
      {% if iter == 0 %}
        {% pass %}
      {% else %}
        {% name[iter] = '*' %}
      {% endif %}
    {% endfor %}

  {% coded_email = ''.join(name) + '@' + address  %}

  {{ coded_email }}

{% endmacro %}

1 Answer

Max Hirsh
Max Hirsh
16,773 Points
Max Hirsh
Max Hirsh
16,773 Points

I think the reason it doesn't work here is that jinja2 doesn't allow the creation of new variables unless they are part of a for loop. You can get around this by directly manipulating things like user.email.split('@')[0][1]. Also remember that the user is imported to the template as the lowercase variable "user".