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Hi. I’m trying to create a string of category names (from the categories a particular entry is placed in) that is comma-delimited, but also uses an “and” before the last category. Something like this:

category1, category2, category3, and category4

I can get the commas fairly easily using this code:

{categories backspace="2"}{category_name}, {/categories}

but adding the “and” before the last category name has me stumped.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Frank

Not tested but have you tried:

{categories backspace="2"}
{if count == total_results} and {/if}{category_name}, {/categories}

Hello,

I’m using a “checkboxes” custom field to output multiple options (Disciplines). I’ve tried bluedreamers example, it almost works, but not quite. This is the final result:

Discipline: and IA, Design, Frontend development, CMS (Expression Engine)

As you can see the “and” is in the wrong place. Any ideas?

Thanks

I don’t believe count or total_results are available inside of the categories tag pair.

You could do it with CSS, with something like this…

EE Template:

Discipline {categories backspace="2"}<span>{category_name}</span>, {/categories}

CSS:

.discipline span:last-child:before{ content: "and "; }