How do you display an array of data in a template? I have some code that works but it seems extreme, is this really what I need to get it to work?

Controller code

function UKCities()
{
	$_list = array('Aberdeen
		', 'Armagh
		', 'Bangor
		', 'Bath
		', 'Belfast');

	$list = new DataObjectSet();
	foreach($_list as $key => $data) {
		$data = array('City' => $data);
		$list->push(new ArrayData($data));
	}
	return $list;
}

Template code
<% control UKCities %>
	<option>$City</option>
<% end_control %>

Hi,
In Controller code use:

function UKCities() {
   $_list = array( 'Aberdeen', 'Armagh', 'Bangor', 'Bath', 'Belfast');


	$listoption = "Select your City";
	foreach($_list as $list) {
		
		$listoption .= "<option value=\"".$list."\">".$list."</option>";
		
	}
 
   return $listoption;
} 

And in Your template between <select></select> paste:

$UKCities

You can also use DropdownField() .

I would agree that DropDownField is the best option, but I'd disagree with writing '<option>' etc in the controller, to get your original version working I'd do the following... (note:untested!)

function UKCities()
{
$_list = array('Aberdeen', 'Armagh', 'Bangor', 'Bath', 'Belfast');

$list = new DataObjectSet();
foreach($_list as $data) {
$do=new DataObject();
$do->City = $data;
$list->push($do);
}
return $list;
}

Template code

<% control UKCities %> 
   <option>$City</option> 
<% end_control %>

Thanks guys, I thought there had to be a better way. I agree with swaiba about the HTML seperation and your code worked perfectly with just copy and paste.