From 5d014484a4a34146bc13a578e81ed0a0080d4697 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Buland <mike@xagasoft.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 14:28:36 -0700
Subject: Loops seem to work!?

---
 src/lexer.rs  |  2 ++
 src/lib.rs    | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/parser.rs | 11 ++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lexer.rs b/src/lexer.rs
index 2e43914..7228866 100644
--- a/src/lexer.rs
+++ b/src/lexer.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ pub enum SymbolType<'a> {
     View,
     Output,
     Show,
+    Loop,
     Equals,
     Period,
     Token(&'a str),
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ impl<'a> Lexer<'a> {
                 "view" => SymbolType::View,
                 "show" => SymbolType::Show,
                 "output" => SymbolType::Output,
+                "loop" => SymbolType::Loop,
                 _ => SymbolType::Token(s)
             }, start_pos, end_pos ))
         }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a2bfc37..c900e39 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -59,13 +59,14 @@ type Properties = HashMap<String, String>;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum Token {
+    Loop(Identifier, Vec<Token>),
     Show(Identifier,Properties),
     Text(String),
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug,Clone)]
 pub enum Value {
-    Dictionary(HashMap<String,Value>),
+    Dictionary(Context),
     List(Vec<Value>),
     String(String),
     Int(i64),
@@ -232,6 +233,16 @@ impl Crimtag {
 fn exec(input: &impl MappedStructure, tokens: &Vec<Token>, buf: &mut String) -> Result<(),ParseError> {
     for token in tokens {
         match token {
+            Token::Loop(ident,code) => {
+                if let Some(value) = input.get_value( &ident ) &&
+                    let Value::List(list) = value {
+                    for rec in &list {
+                        if let Value::Dictionary(d) = rec {
+                            exec( d, code, buf )?
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             Token::Show(ident,p) => {
                 let format = if let Some(s) = p.get("format") {
                     s
@@ -333,4 +344,46 @@ Now with explicit outputs:
             }
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn loops() {
+        let mut ct = Crimtag::new();
+        if let Err(e) = ct.load_static(r#"Looping code:
+[|view "index"|>We will enumerate people here:[|loop people|>
+ - [|show last_name|], [|show first_name|]: [|show title|]<|loop|]
+<|view|]
+"#) {
+        println!("Error: {:?}", e );
+        return;
+        }
+
+        let ctx = Context::from([
+            ("people".to_string(), crate::Value::List(vec![
+                crate::Value::Dictionary(Context::from([
+                    ("first_name".to_string(), Value::String("Joe".to_string())),
+                    ("last_name".to_string(), Value::String("Smith".to_string())),
+                    ("title".to_string(), Value::String("CEO".to_string())),
+                ])),
+                crate::Value::Dictionary(Context::from([
+                    ("first_name".to_string(), Value::String("Chris".to_string())),
+                    ("last_name".to_string(), Value::String("Perkens".to_string())),
+                    ("title".to_string(), Value::String("Baconeer".to_string())),
+                ])),
+                crate::Value::Dictionary(Context::from([
+                    ("first_name".to_string(), Value::String("Will".to_string())),
+                    ("last_name".to_string(), Value::String("Power".to_string())),
+                    ("title".to_string(), Value::String("CFO".to_string())),
+                ])),
+                crate::Value::Dictionary(Context::from([
+                    ("first_name".to_string(), Value::String("Justin".to_string())),
+                    ("last_name".to_string(), Value::String("Time".to_string())),
+                    ("title".to_string(), Value::String("CIO".to_string())),
+                ])),
+            ])),
+        ]);
+        match ct.render("index", &ctx) {
+            Ok(s) => println!("View result: {}", s ),
+            Err(e) => println!("Error: {:?}", e ),
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index 5f53557..6e479e4 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ impl<'a> SymbolHelper for Option<Symbol<'a>> {
                 SymbolType::Token(_) |
                 SymbolType::View |
                 SymbolType::Output |
+                SymbolType::Loop |
                 SymbolType::Show => true,
                 _ => false
             })
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ impl Parser {
 
         if ctx.next().is_some() {
             match ctx.cur().unwrap().symbol() {
-                SymbolType::View | SymbolType::Show |
+                SymbolType::View | SymbolType::Show | SymbolType::Loop |
                 SymbolType::Output => {
                     let name_sym = ctx.cur().unwrap();
                     ctx.next();
@@ -640,6 +641,14 @@ impl<'a> TagBuilder<'a> {
     pub fn build(mut self) -> ParseResult<Token> {
         if let Some(sym) = self.name {
             match sym.symbol() {
+                SymbolType::Loop => {
+                    let id = if let ParamValue::Identifier(id) = self.params.swap_remove(0) {
+                        id
+                    } else {
+                        return Err(ParseError::new(Position::none(), "Identifier for loop variable name."));
+                    };
+                    Ok(Token::Loop(id, self.children))
+                }
                 SymbolType::Show => {
                     let id = if let ParamValue::Identifier(id) = self.params.swap_remove(0) {
                         id
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