Access dict value in template using variable as key

Using Django Templates & Frontend
1

Within a template, how do I access a dictionary value by specifying a key that is stored in a variable?

If I have a dictionary e.g.

eventEntriesDict	
{1: 'A',
 2: 'B',
 3: 'C',
 4: 'D',}

I can access any value from within the template by:

{{ eventEntriesDict.2 }}

This returns the expected value of B

What I would like to do however is

{% with myid = query.field.id %}
{{ eventEntriesDict.myid }}
{% endwith %}

If I try this I don’t get anything returned.

I’d be grateful for advice on where I’m going wrong.

Many thanks

2

You’re not doing anything wrong. The Django template language is not designed to handle that.

You need to either reorganize your data in the view, create a custom filter, or create a custom model method to it.