this {% firstof %} is even better, more explicit! and it looks much nicer with filters {% firstof x|escape y|escape %} better than {{ x|escape|default:y|escape }}
great, thanks for mentioning it. Sometimes there is more than one place to park your bike :-) Wolfram On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 5:55 PM, mrts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Although this is really off-topic in this list, there's also > http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/#firstof > > {% firstof foo bar baz %} > > that has the added benefit of outputting nothing if all of foo bar baz > evaluate to False. > > On Apr 25, 6:35 pm, "Wolfram Kriesing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > thank you for all the quick replies. > > Mmmmh, its good to see that it is there, though I think > > {{ num_files or "no" }} > > looks better and is closer to what I would expect ... > > but thats just an aesthetical thing, I guess. > > > > thanks a lot > > > > Wolfram > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Honza Král <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > there is a template filter called default, that does exactly this. > > > > > http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/#default > > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Wolfram Kriesing > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I guess it might had been discussed, just didnt find anything. > > > > This extended syntax would really make some writing shorter > > > > > > user has {{ num_files or "no" }} files > > > > > > now, you have to write > > > > > > user has {% if num_files %} {{ num_files }} {% else %} no {% > > > > endif %} files > > > > > > Are there any opinions on that? > > > > my 2 cents > > > > > > -- > > > > cu > > > > > > Wolfram > > > > > -- > > > Honza Král > > > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ICQ#: 107471613 > > > Phone: +420 606 678585 > > > > -- > > cu > > > > Wolfram > > > > > -- cu Wolfram --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---