Question

In python I can write "Hello" * 5 and get

HelloHelloHelloHelloHello

Is there a way to do this in a django template? Something like {% multiply "Hello" 5 %} or as a filter {% "Hello"|multiply:"5" %}

Or maybe a “repeat” loop control? Something like:

{% repeat 5 %}
Hello
{% endrepeat %}

I can write a filter or tag myself, but was wondering if I could save myself some trouble.

If someone can authoritatively say that there is no built-in capability such as I require, that would be a perfectly acceptable answer.

Answer 1

There is no built-in capability such as you require.

That would be a trivial tag to make for yourself – there are some helpful examples in the Django docs.

I suppose you could hack something together by using something like {% for x in "12345" %}Hello{% endfor %} but that is a horrible hack.