The best place to check for something like that would be
djangosnippets.com

On Jan 21, 11:20 pm, "Oak McIlwain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the help Alex =]
>
> I knew that I could write my own but I thought it would be quicker to
> check if someone had done it already because it seems like something
> that would be pretty common.
>
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 January 2008 2:17 PM
> To: Django users
> Subject: Re: Replace function within template?
>
> This would be something to use a template filter for, you can either
> use one of the built in 
> ones:http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/#built-in-filter-re
> ference
> if it exists, or you could write your own.
>
> On Jan 21, 10:44 pm, "Oak McIlwain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > ... lol.
>
> > I'm pretty sure you know what I mean now but I'll clarify it anyway:
>
> > When I say "in a template" I mean "within the code in a Django
> template"
> > (Not within a text editor). As far as I know this is limited to a set
> of
> > Django specific commands.
>
> > I have a string variable and I want to replace all the instances of a
> > specific string within this variable with another specific string.
>
> > I know I could do the operation in the view but it's such a simple
> thing
> > that it doesn't make sense to me to do it that way.
>
> > I hope that is more clear =]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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>
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell
> Keith-Magee
> > Sent: Tuesday, 22 January 2008 12:39 PM
> > To: django-users@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: Re: Replace function within template?
>
> > On Jan 22, 2008 11:18 AM, oak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Is it possible to perform a replace operation in a template? I
> > > couldn't find any reference to it.
>
> > My text editor has a magnificent Replace operation. It can replace any
> > text with any other text. It even allows you to use regular
> > expressions to specify the text you want to replace.
>
> > Oh - that wasn't what you meant?
>
> > You know, when you're asking someone for help, it sometimes helps to
> > elaborate a little on the problem you're having. "Replace operation"
> > is a fairly ambiguous term. If you can't find a reference to "Replace"
> > in the documentation, it might be because we use a different term to
> > describe the feature, or it could be because Django encourages you to
> > look at the problem in a different way ... unless we know what it is
> > you are trying to do, nobody is going to be able to help.
>
> > So - care to tell us what it is you want to do?
>
> > Yours,
> > Russ Magee %-)
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