Counting and indexing objects

> In my template, i want to be able to print "Item X
of Y" where
> items are got from a QuerySet such as
> Picture.objects.filter(album='name')
> 
> Now Y is easy to get, its just the count() of the
queryset,
> however i cant seem to find a solution to find X. The
objects
> do have an ordering set, so they should be in the same
order
> each time the query is run. I know its bad, but i tried
to
> just to a pictures.index(picture) just for testing, but

> QuerySet doesnt provide that method (sensibly). Any
pointers?

It sounds like instead of passing your queryset directly to
the
view/template, you might want to pass
"enumerate(qs)"[1] to your
view/template.  This returns pairs of zero-based indicies
that
you can use for your X.  Use the "add" filter[2]
to make them
1-based indices.

Or more easily, if you're iterating over the list of items
in
your view, you can use the "forloop.counter"
property[3]:

   <dl>
   {% for picture in pictures %}
     <dt>Item {{ forloop.counter }} of {{
pictures.count }}</dt>
     <dd>{}</dd>
   {% endfor %}
   </dl>

-tim

[1] http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html#l2h-24
[2] http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/#a
dd
[3] http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/#f
or

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hi ,
we can  see


        "random

Returns a random item from the list."from 
http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/.b
ut it is diffcult 
to understand without examples.
so,is there anyone who can give me an example about
"random" of Built-in 
filter reference in templates?

thanks!


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