How to do a for loop in liquid with range

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I am attempting to have a for loop in my template to loop through each letter of the alphabet, and if the first letter of the alphabet is found, print out that data. I cannot find a way to do this, i know how to do this in PHP, but cannot get it to work in liquid. ``` {% for range('a','z') as $i %} {% if first_letter == $i %} {% unless first_letter == current %}

{% endunless %}

{{ product_vendor | link_to_vendor }}

{% assign current = first_letter %} {% endif %} {% endfor %} ``` The top two lines is what is not working here, i know the syntax is incorrect, but i cannot figure out how to get this to work.

Accepted Answer

The syntax for ranges in liquid for loops is here in the Shopify docs:

```
{% assign num = 4 %}
{% for i in (1..num) %}
  {{ i }} 
{% endfor %}

{% for i in (3..5) %}
  {{ i }} 
{% endfor %}
```

However, you can only use numbers in the range, not strings.

Have you seen this article? Maybe that approach would work in your situation.

Edit: Updated link for above article.

How to do a for loop in liquid with range

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