Mastering Django: Core

Built-in filters

add

Adds the argument to the value. For example:

{{ value|add:"2" }} 

If value is 4, then the output will be 6.

addslashes

Adds slashes before quotes. Useful for escaping strings in CSV, for example. For example:

{{ value|addslashes }} 

If value is I'm using Django, the output will be I'm using Django.

capfirst

Capitalizes the first character of the value. If the first character is not a letter, this filter has no effect.

center

Centers the value in a field of a given width. For example:

"{{ value|center:"14" }}" 

If value is Django, the output will be  Django.

cut

Removes all values of arg from the given string.

date

Formats a date according to the given format. Uses a similar format as PHP's date() function with some differences.

Note

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