On Oct 13, 3:41 am, Goon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, but let's say I have a template like {{for x in y}}, and I would > like the x's seperated by commas, but I don't want a comma after the > last one? or better yet cut off after the first 100 characters with a > "..."
The key here is that this sort of logic _can_ be accomplished but it's done by pushing the logic itself into Python code that's related to the template - filters and tags. There's a lot of built-in ones (http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/) and you can accomplish both of your examples by applying included template filters like so: {% for x in y %} {{ x }}{% if not forloop.last %},{% endif %} {% endfor %} Of course, if you're familiar with Python at all you might recall the string join method; that's here too and is used for exactly this purpose. So you can actually do: {{ y|join:"," }} As for truncating a string, you could use slice as previously noted: {{ y|slice:":100" }}... Basically, you just need to become familiar with the tools available - there's a lot that can be done with them. If you find a need for something the builtins don't accomplish by themselves or jointly, you can easily write your own. Again, the idea being to push non-simple or non-presentation-oriented logic into Python code that *doesn't* live in the template - separating the layers, as it were. There's plenty of documentation on it on the site and on blogs and here on the list as well, if you ever get stuck :) Regards, Jeff --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---