Get dict's associated value filter

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@register.filter
def get( dict, key, default = '' ):
  """
  Usage: 

  view: 
  some_dict = {'keyA':'valueA','keyB':{'subKeyA':'subValueA','subKeyB':'subKeyB'},'keyC':'valueC'}
  keys = ['keyA','keyC']
  template: 
  {{ some_dict|get:"keyA" }}
  {{ some_dict|get:"keyB"|get:"subKeyA" }}
  {% for key in keys %}{{ some_dict|get:key }}{% endfor %}
  """

  try:
    return dict.get(key,default)
  except:
    return default

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Comments

jerry2801 (on October 20, 2009):

{{ some_dict.keyA }} isn simpler than {{ some_dict|get:"keyA" }}

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elif (on November 6, 2009):

Yes it's simpler. But it doesn't wrok when keyA is a variable.

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