Adds a templatetag that works like an if block, but . The one and only argument is a float that reflects the percentage chance. It defaults to .2, %20. {% sometimes %} <img src='spy_behind_sniper.jpg'/> {% else %} <img src='sniper.jpg'/> {% endsometimes %} -- or -- {% sometimes .001 %} You win! {% else %} Sorry, not a winner. Play again! {% endsometimes %} -- or -- {% sometimes .5 %} This shows up half the time. {% endsometimes %}
This is a great way to pack extra data into a model object, where the structure is dynamic, and not relational. For instance, if you wanted to store a list of dictionaries. The data won't be classically searchable, but you can define pretty much any data construct you'd like, as long as it is JSON-serializable. It's especially useful in a JSON heavy application or one that deals with a lot of javascript. **Example** (models.py): from django.db import models from jsonfield import JSONField class Sequence(models.Model): name = models.CharField(maxlength=25) list = JSONField() **Example** (shell): fib = Sequence(name='Fibonacci') fib.list = [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8] fib.save() fib = Sequence.objects.get(name='Fibonacci') fib.list.append(13) print fib.list [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13] fib.get_list_json() "[0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13]" *Note:* You can only save JSON-serializable data. Also, dates will be converted to string-timestamps, because I don't really know what better to do with them. Finally, I'm not sure how to interact with forms yet, so that realm is a bit murky.
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