best_filters.truncat

best_filters.truncat(str, pattern)

truncate the string at the specified pattern

Useful with filters timesince and timeuntil pattern is a regex expression string Do not forget to escape the dot (.) if it the char you want to search

Examples

>>> c = {'str':'abc...xyz'}
>>> t = '{% load best_filters %}{{ str|truncat:"\." }}'
>>> Template(t).render(Context(c))
'abc'

>>> c = {'t1':datetime(1789,7,14),'t2':datetime(2018,1,21)}
>>> t = '''{% load best_filters %}
... timesince with 2 terms : {{ t1|timesince:t2 }}
... timesince with 1 term : {{ t1|timesince:t2|truncat:"," }}'''
>>> print(Template(t).render(Context(c)))

timesince with 2 terms : 228 years, 6 months
timesince with 1 term : 228 years