Using flags to remove repeated items in a table - velocity

Question

I am currently working on an email project using Apache Velocity. In the email, I have a table where each row is a persons name followed by a value. Each person can have multiple rows, but the name should only display the first time it appears in the table. I am currently using flags to toggle whether the name has been shown or not. My question is if there is a better way to accomplish this than by using flags. Here is my current code, a bit watered down:
<table>
<tr>
<td>Name</td>
<td>Value</td>
</tr>
#foreach( $person in $view.people )
#set($nameDisplayed = false)
#foreach($personInfo in $person.infos)
#if($personInfo.value1 > 0)
<tr>
<td>#if(!$nameDisplayed) $person.name #end </td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
#set($nameDisplayed = true)
#end
#end
#if($person.value2 > 0)
<tr>
<td>#if(!$nameDisplayed) $person.name #end </td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
#set($nameDisplayed = true)
#end
#if($person.value3 > 0)
<tr>
<td>#if(!$nameDisplayed) $person.name #end </td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
#set($nameDisplayed = true)
#end
#end
</table>
Here is a sample of possible outcomes:
Name Value
Rick 1
2
Morty 1
1
3
Filipe 2
3
Jose 3
Thanks for any suggestions!

Answer 1

I think $velocityCount will do the trick. Like:
#foreach( $person in $view.people )
#foreach($personInfo in $person.infos)
<tr>
<td>
#if($velocityCount == 1)
$person.name
#end
</td>
<td>[value]</td
</td>
#end
#end
This example most probably won't work as I can't test it and some fiddling has to be done, but it should illustrate the idea alright.
Every for-each-loop has its own $velocityCount. So if necessary you can place another one in the outer loop and do some calculation (I'm saying that, because I couldn't figure out how the values are made and you don't read'em from an object).