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Hi All,

I’m trying to list portfolio items in groups of 3.  When the total number of entries isn’t divisible by 3, then I want a dummy item to be inserted to fill out the rest.  For example…

If 6 items…

<ul>
<li>Project 1</li>
<li>Project 2</li>
<li>Project 3</li>
<li>Project 4</li>
<li>Project 5</li>
<li>Project 6</li>
</ul>

If 5 items…

<ul>
<li>Project 1</li>
<li>Project 2</li>
<li>Project 3</li>
<li>Project 4</li>
<li>Project 5</li>
<li>Dummy Item</li>
</ul>

If 4 items…

<ul>
<li>Project 1</li>
<li>Project 2</li>
<li>Project 3</li>
<li>Project 4</li>
<li>Dummy Item</li>
<li>Dummy Item</li>
</ul>

I figured I could use conditional global variables, but I don’t know how to do operators within the condition.  For example, is there a way to do “If #entries/3 and remainder is 0, then…”?  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

No way immediately comes to mind.  Out of curiosity, why insert the dummy items?  Is it purely to control the display in 3’s?  The switch variable comes to mind as a way to control your display in blocks of 3, though it doesn’t insert dummy values afterwards, but does allow you to specify formatting at the entry level but in a pattern - 3, 4, 5 - up to you.

Hi John,

The dummy items are there for design purposes.  I may not go with it, but wanted to figure out the best way to do it if I stick with it.

I was thinking there was some way to incorporate conditionals and switch variables too, but can’t think of anything short of explicitly saying, if 5, if 7, if 8, then…  I might end up going with that.  Thanks for the help.