This snippet is a template filter based on "truncate letters" only it will either truncate or pad a string to ensure the output is always a set width.
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def fixedwidth(value, arg):
"""
Truncates or pads a string to be a certain length
Argument: Desired length of string
"""
try:
length = int(arg)
except ValueError: # invalid literal for int()
return value # Fail silently
if not isinstance(value, basestring):
value = str(value)
if len(value) > (length):
truncated = value[:length - 3]
if not truncated.endswith('...'):
truncated += '...'
return truncated
if len(value) <= length:
padded = value
spaces_needed = (length - len(value)) + 1
for space_needed in range(1, spaces_needed):
padded = "%s " % padded
return padded
return value
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Comments
is probably only ment for non-html output (or output styled like 'white-space: pre'). if used outside that context, don't forget to replace " " with "
" (and maybe "..." with "…
" if you're a typography nerd)nothing wrong with that, just looks complicated.
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