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Truncate filter

Author:
zalun
Posted:
April 28, 2009
Language:
HTML/template
Version:
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Truncates string to a given number of characters.

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@register.filter
def trunc( string, number, dots='...'):
  """ 
  truncate the {string} to {number} characters
  print {dots} on the end if truncated

  usage: {{ "some text to be truncated"|trunc:6 }}
  results: some te...
  """
  if not isinstance(string, str): string = str(string)
  if len(string) <= number:
    return string
  return string[0:number]+dots

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