I am trying to use '*' operator in scriban to have a string being concatenated several times like this:
{{
number = 4 / 2
'text' * number
}}
However this gives me an exception: Operator *
is not supported for the expression. Only working on string x int or int x string. However variable number obviously contains string. How to fix the template?
In scriban operator '/' always produces double, regardless of the outcome of operation. To have an integer you need to use '//' operator instead:
{{
number = 4 // 2
'text' * number
}}
In fact operator '//' appears to be the only way of converting double to integer in scriban. If you have a ready value that only needs convertion you can always divide it with '//' by 1:
{{
number = number // 1
'text' * number
}}