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Adds @danielafcarey fix
from django import template
register = template.Library()
@register.filter
def cool_number(value, num_decimals=2):
"""
Django template filter to convert regular numbers to a
cool format (ie: 2K, 434.4K, 33M...)
:param value: number
:param num_decimals: Number of decimal digits
"""
int_value = int(value)
formatted_number = '{{:.{}f}}'.format(num_decimals)
if int_value < 1000:
return str(int_value)
elif int_value < 1000000:
return formatted_number.format(int_value/1000.0).rstrip('0').rstrip('.') + 'K'
else:
return formatted_number.format(int_value/1000000.0).rstrip('0').rstrip('.') + 'M'
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@danielafcarey Thanks for your correction!

@dantechplc Checkout Django's docs about custom filters (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/custom-template-tags/). You need to add this file inside templatetags folder within your django app directory as it says in the docs. After that you can load that custom filter in your template and use it:

{% load numbers %}

...

{{ yourvar|cool_number }}

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