Format a float to justify to the right

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I have a table in my HTML and I want to put a float variable into a column. I also want this variable to justify itself to the right.

Currently, I am trying {{ float|floatformat:2|rjust }}, but it keeps throwing up a TemplateSyntaxError. Is it even possible to do this via the template system, or will I just have to use some CSS styling for this?

You are right: the template system renders the content, styling should be done with css. — allcaps, Jan 28 '18 at 00:04

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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According to the docs:

"{{ value|rjust:"10" }}"

If value is Django, the output will be "____Django".

EDIT: If you do use this solution, be sure to surround the element with a <pre> tag because extra spaces are removed by your browser. Or look here for info.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Jan 28 '18 at 00:09

Laurynas Tamulevičius

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@Parker E. What error do you get? Could you check the debugger which line is raising the error? – Laurynas Tamulevičius Jan 28 '18 at 00:21
It doesn't throw up an error. It just doesn't do the formatting. The text still appears to be left-justified. – Parker E. Jan 28 '18 at 00:26
@ParkerE. Could you try removing middle filter and leaving just this `{{ float|rjust:"10" }}` – Laurynas Tamulevičius Jan 28 '18 at 00:28
hmm, I was just testing it and it seems to be working fine, could you inspect the element and clarify that spaces are not padded to the right of the value? – Laurynas Tamulevičius Jan 28 '18 at 00:44
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/164019/discussion-between-parker-e-and-laurynas-tamulevicius). – Parker E. Jan 28 '18 at 00:45

thanks for the `

` hint. I feel dumb not to realize it on my own, LOL

– Marjeta Jul 19 '23 at 03:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 08 '21 at 15:08

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{{ value|rjust:"10" }} didn't work for me so I had to format the string before being passed to the HTML page.

I first right aligned the string with an arbitrary character:

amount.rjust(12, '$')

And then replace the character with " "

amount.replace('$', ' ')

edited Jul 08 '21 at 15:08

Dharman

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answered Jul 08 '21 at 15:02

flopezlira

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I figured out that it didn't work maybe because I am sending a string to the Template, not a float. – flopezlira Jul 08 '21 at 15:21

Format a float to justify to the right

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