Re: Is there a way to use the Cut Filter to only do the first instance?

If you know the length of the string that you want to cut off the beginning, you could use slice: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/builtins/#slice Really, though, you might be going about this in a strange way. It might be better to use the url tag to get the correct URL that

Re: Is there a way to use the Cut Filter to only do the first instance?

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Frank Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > I am using the following > {{ section.get_absolute_url|cut:"/news/" }} > on a string that is > /news/new-york-jets/news/ > > I need to remove the first /news but the CUT filter removes all > instances of it, is there a

Is there a way to use the Cut Filter to only do the first instance?

I am using the following {{ section.get_absolute_url|cut:"/news/" }} on a string that is /news/new-york-jets/news/ I need to remove the first /news but the CUT filter removes all instances of it, is there a way for me to remove on the first "/news"?