Class Truncator

django.utils.text.Truncator

An object used to truncate text, either by characters or words.

Declaration

class Truncator(SimpleLazyObject)

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Documentation

Methods

▶ def __init__(self, text) override

inherited doc Pass in a callable that returns the object to be wrapped.

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This method overrides django.utils.functional.SimpleLazyObject.__init__.

If copies are made of the resulting SimpleLazyObject, which can happen
in various circumstances within Django, then you must ensure that the
callable can be safely run more than once and will return the same
value.

▷ def add_truncation_text(self, text, truncate=None)
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▶ def chars(self, num, truncate=None, html=False)
Return the text truncated to be no longer than the specified number of characters.
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`truncate` specifies what should be used to notify that the string has
been truncated, defaulting to a translatable string of an ellipsis.
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▷ def words(self, num, truncate=None, html=False)
Truncate a string after a certain number of words. `truncate` specifies what should be used to notify that the string has been truncated, defaulting to ellipsis.
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Inherited methods

Methods inherited from django.utils.functional.SimpleLazyObject:
__copy__, __deepcopy__, __repr__
Methods inherited from django.utils.functional.LazyObject:
__delattr__, __reduce__, __setattr__

Reexports

Imported in django.core.management.commands.migrate.
Imported in django.contrib.admin.widgets.
Imported in django.template.defaultfilters.