import re from django import template from django.utils import translation from django.template import defaultfilters register = template.Library() LANGUAGE_DIGITS = { 'ar': u'\u0660\u0661\u0662\u0663\u0664\u0665\u0666\u0667\u0668\u0669', 'fa': u'\u06f0\u06f1\u06f2\u06f3\u06f4\u06f5\u06f6\u06f7\u06f8\u06f9', } digit_re = re.compile('\d') def i18n_digits(str, lang=None): """ Translate the digits in a string into the digits used in the given language. If no language is given, the language code from the current language is used. While the input can be a basic string, the output will always be unicode. """ uc_str = unicode(str) if lang is None: lang = translation.get_language() digits_table = LANGUAGE_DIGITS.get(lang, None) if digits_table is not None: def digit_replace(match): return digits_table[int(match.group())] return digit_re.sub(digit_replace, uc_str) else: return uc_str i18n_digits = defaultfilters.stringfilter(i18n_digits) register.filter('i18n_digits', i18n_digits)