If statement, based on number of items in frontmatter

#1

Hi everyone,

I’m building an agency website and I’m using Middleman Blog for case studies. Every article has the same items in frontmatter, such as:

project: project title goes here
tags: tag 1, tag 2, tag 3
client_logos:
    - first-client-logo.png
    - second-client-logo.png
date: date goes here

I’ve added the following (I’m using Bootstrap):

<h1>CLIENTS</h1>
<div class="row">
  <% current_article.data.client_logos.each do |logo| %>
    <div class="col-xs-6">
      <img class="img-responsive" src="<%= logo %>" />
    </div>
  <% end %>
</div>

This all works perfectly fine. What I’d like to achieve, is a condition based on the amount of client logos. To be precise: if there is just one client logo, I’d like the header to say “client” instead of “clients”.

I’m stuck - don’t know how I can do a “if client_logos > 1” statement.

Thanks!

#2

You could try an “each_with_index” loop instead.

#3

You’re looking for the pluralize helper.

<h1><%= pluralize(current_article.data.client_logos.count, "CLIENT") %></h1>
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#4

Alright, that works. Thanks! However… the number is also shown (for example “1 client” or “4 clients”. Any help on how I can make it so the number itself is not rendered?

#5

I forgot this one existed, but there is also a similar String#pluralize method:

<h1><%= "Client".pluralize(current_article.data.client_logos.count) %></h1>

This is actually part of active_support/core_ext/string/inflections and it looks like the Padrino library also has a version. I believe it is automatically available to Middleman apps though.

#6

Returns an error. Guess Padrino isn’t standard available. Thanks though :slight_smile:

#7

What is the error, and which version of Middleman are you running? Try adding the following to the top of your config.rb:

require "active_support/core_ext/string/inflections"

I haven’t upgraded to 4 yet, and I know there were some changes in what was included by default.

#8

Middleman 3.4.1. Keep getting the same error (wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 0))…