OK, I tracked down truncatewords, and I'm thinking of something like this:
def spanned_string(value): """ adds span around first half of string """ words = s.split() halfwords = len(words)/2 firsthalf = words[halfwords:] lasthalf = words[:halfwords] return <span>+ ' '.join(firsthalf) + </span>+ ' '.join(lasthalf) On Jun 14, 12:23 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I want to do is take the number of words, divide by 2 (and round > down a whole number), then apply a span to the first half. > > I tried to find truncatewords, as I figured that would be a good > starting point (at least seeing how to count words), but I can't seem > to track it down. > > Any help appreciated. Thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@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-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---