Template filters (date, length, default) in Django - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to format the date using the Django template date filter.

Django

{{ post.published_date|[1] }}

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Adefault:"N/A"

Blength

Cdate:"Y-m-d"

Dupper

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the length filter instead of date.

Forgetting to include the format string in quotes.

The date filter formats a date object. Here, "Y-m-d" formats the date as year-month-day.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to get the length of the list using the Django template length filter.

Django

{{ user.friends|[1] }}

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Alength

Bdate:"Y"

Cdefault:"0"

Dlower

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using date filter on a list.

Using default filter instead of length.

The length filter returns the number of items in a list or string.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to provide a default value if the variable is empty.

Django

{{ user.nickname|[1] }}

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Aupper

Blength

Cdate:"d M Y"

Ddefault:"Anonymous"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using length filter instead of default.

Not including quotes around the default value.

The default filter shows a fallback value if the variable is empty or undefined.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to format the date and provide a default if the date is missing.

Django

{{ event.start_date|[1]|[2] }}

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Adate:"M d, Y"

Bdefault:"Date not set"

Clength

Dupper

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Reversing the order of filters.

Using length filter instead of default.

First, the date filter formats the date. Then, default shows a message if the date is missing.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to get the length of a list, provide a default if empty, and convert the result to a string.

Django

{{ items|[1]|[2]|[3] }}

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Alength

Bdefault:"0"

Cstringformat:"%s"

Ddate:"Y"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using date filter instead of stringformat.

Not chaining filters in correct order.

First, length counts items. Then, default sets '0' if empty. Finally, stringformat:"%s" converts the number to a string.