Django template tag to truncate text

Question

Django has truncatewords template tag, which cuts the text at the given word count. But there is nothing like truncatechars.

What\'s the best w

Answer 1

{{ value|slice:"5" }}{% if value|length > 5 %}...{% endif %}

Update

Since version 1.4, Django have a built-in template tag for this:

{{ value|truncatechars:9 }}