TruncateChars

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from django import template
register = template.Library()

@register.filter
def truncatechars(s, num):
    """
    Truncates a word after a given number of chars  
    Argument: Number of chars to truncate after
    """
    length = int(num)
    string = []
    for word in s.split():
        if len(word) > length:
            string.append(word[:length]+'...')
        else:
            string.append(word)
    return u' '.join(string)

Comments

daevaorn (on October 13, 2007):

{{ comment.comment|slice:":20" }} ?

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Aveal (on October 13, 2007):

@daevaorn

example: comment.comment = soooooooooome huuuuuuuge word

{{ comment.comment|slice:":5" }} = soooo

{{ comment.comment|truncatechars:5 }} = soooo... huuuu... word

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ChrisRyland (on October 24, 2007):

Nice! This would probably be better named TruncateWords, no?

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