Need to convert a string to int in a django template

Question

I am trying to pass in url parameters to a django template like this...

response = render_to_string(\'persistConTemplate.html\', request.GET)
         


        

Answer 1

you can coerce a str to an int using the add filter

{% for item in numItems|add:"0" %}

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/builtins/#add

to coerce int to str just use slugify

{{ some_int|slugify }}

EDIT: that said, I agree with the others that normally you should do this in the view - use these tricks only when the alternatives are much worse.