How Do I Use A Decimal Number In A Django URL Pattern?

Question

I\'d like to use a number with a decimal point in a Django URL pattern but I\'m not sure whether it\'s actually possible (I\'m not a regex expert).

Here\'s what I wa

Answer 1

It can be something like

urlpatterns = patterns('',
   (r'^item/value/(?P\d+\.\d{2})/$', 'myapp.views.byvalue'),
   ... more urls
)

url should not start with slash.

in views you can have function:

def byvalue(request,value='0.99'):
    try:
        value = float(value)
    except:
        ...