Output matrix rows in sets of two

Question

I've got a Matrix field with say 20 rows (could be 21).

I want to output those rows within but i want 2 rows in each .

Any idea how to accomplish this with the switch tag in Matrix? I'm trying some weird and wacky stuff but nothing is working as i want.

So markup i would want is:

---

<div>
{row 1 content}
{row 2 content}
</div>

---

<div>
{row 3 content}
{row 4 content}
</div>

---

<div>
{row 5 content}
{row 6 content}
</div>

---

<div>
{row 7 content}
</div>

And here is my current template code:

{exp:channel:entries channel="downloads" dynamic="no" disable="pagination|member_data|categories|category_fields" orderby="random"}
    <div>
{dl-downloads}

        <h4>{dl-download-title}</h4>
        <p>{dl-download-desc}</p>
        {switch="|</div><div>"}

{/dl-downloads}
    </div>
{/exp:channel:entries}

Answer 1

The Matrix {switch} variable will work for this. Try:

<div>
    {matrix_field}
        {row_count}<br>
        {switch="|</div><div>"}
    {/matrix_field}
</div>

Which will output:

<div>
    1
    2
</div>
<div>
    3
    4
</div>
<div>
    5
    6
</div>
<div>
    7
</div>

Just replace {row_count} in my example with whatever Matrix column short names you would want to use.

Answer 2

Not sure I get it. You want to output all your rows and wrap all sets of two rows with a div?

Will something like this do the trick, or am I mising something?

{matrix}
    {if "{switch='one|two'}" == "one"}<div class="row">{/if}
    ... something ...
    {if "{switch='one|two'}" == "two" || "{row_count}" == "{total_rows}"}</div>{/if}
{/matrix}