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Python Customizing Django Templates Building Custom Filters Final Wrap-Up

Michael Luo
Michael Luo
6,652 Points
Posted by Michael Luo
Michael Luo
6,652 Points

Not passing the last task of the code challenge

I've passed the first 3 tasks for creating the simple_tag. I submit the following codes in the list.html for the last task, but cannot pass.

{% load fairy_extras %}

There {{ num_elf|conjugate_is }} {{ num_elf }} el{{ num_elf|pluralize:"f,ves" }}.

Is there anything wrong with my code? Thanks in advance for kind help.

[MOD: added ```html+jinja formatting. -cf]

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

conjugate_is is a tag (like a function) not a filter. Tags are reference as the first item in the tag with arguments following. In this case the arguments would be num=num_elf. 

{% conjugate_is num=num_elf %}

Edit: Forgot to change the delimiters to {% %}

Gregory Czaplicki
Gregory Czaplicki
3,712 Points
Gregory Czaplicki
Gregory Czaplicki
3,712 Points

I too struggled, but found the answer in the Django documentation. 

{% conjugate_is num_elf %}
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

Both answers work! Mine uses keyword argument, and yours uses positional arguments. As they say "ToMAYto ToMAHto".