templates tags works in scripts sections of the html?

[dk]

I am trying to create an autocomplete tag with jquery UI

http://jqueryui.com/autocomplete/

in my view I got a list of commands,   in the meant time I am just testing it, so I have a list with ["a", "aaa", "b", "bbb"]
<script>
 $(function() {
 var avaibleTags = [
      {% for i in list_commands %}
          {{ i }}
      {% endfor %}
 ];
 $( "#tags" ).autocomplete({
  source: avaibleTags
 });
});
</script>

but it doesn't work,   does the string replacement of the template tags works on the script part ?  or I might be missing something?  thanks =)

[Stephen J. Butler]

They do work. But did you check the generated page? I bet you get an
error in your browser's JavaScript console about syntax.

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[Vijay Khemlani]

It works, but the javascript you are generating has syntax errors.

For example, you are missing the commas after every element.

Either way, dumping variables directly from django templates to JavaScript is not very elegant, you could make a JSON object in the view beforehand

json_tags = json.dumps(list_commands)

and then ouputting them in the template

var avaibleTags = {{ json_tags|safe }}

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[dk]

AHHH....!!!...

that make scenes  that the java script did work when I did it manually.   I haven't use json files before, so I am not  sure how to manage that, I will look around for more information on that.

[Vijay Khemlani]

JSON is literally the notation for objects and arrays in JavaScript, when you "print" it it outputs valid JavaScript code.

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