Is there an easier/shorter way to filter this kind of code in Django's template?

Question

In my template, I have

Vendor:
    {% if order.vendor %}
        {{ order.vendor.name }}
    {% else %}
        Not assigned yet.
    {% endif %}<br />
Quote:
    {% if order.quote %}
        ${{ order.quote }}
    {% else %}
        No quote yet.
    {% endif %}<br />

I know I could probably do a simplier version with {{ value|default:"nothing" }}, but how would that apply to the 2nd case with Quote? Because the default version should also hide the $. Otherwise it will say $No quote yet.. Hmmm... maybe there is a way to use the Django's humanize framework with $ symbols?

Answer 1

Well depending on how your values are stored for order.quote I'd probably personally approach this with a custom filter and replace it with something like {{ order.quote|currency|default:"No quote yet" }}

Where currency is a custom template filter defined (roughly) like:

import decimal
@register.filter
def currency(val):)
    try:
        return '$%s' % cents / decimal.Decimal(100.00)
    except TypeError:
        return ''

This of course assume you are storing quotes as integers rather than floats. Some localization could be thrown in as well for non US values

Answer 2

You're already doing it the right way.