How to use post param inside site.Data

[omerfdmrl]

Hi. I want to use post param inside of site.Data example like that;

my-article.md

---
title: The Purpose of Education
date: 1948-12-12 10:18:00
author: omer
tags: ["fiction", "hugo"]
---

single.html

{{ site.Data.authors[.Params.author].name }}

I’m getting error when I try it. How can I use like how I want?

[jmooring]

Use the index function.

[omerfdmrl]

@jmooring

Use the index function

Can u give example code for this problem?

[bep]

@omerfdmrl

{{ site.Data.authors[.Params.author].name }}

{{ with index site.Data.authors .Params.author }}
{{ .name }}
{{ end }}