Comma separated lists in django templates

Question

If fruits is the list [\'apples\', \'oranges\', \'pears\'],

is there a quick way using django template tags to produce \"apples, oranges, and p

Answer 1

Here's the filter I wrote to solve my problem (it doesn't include the Oxford comma)

def join_with_commas(obj_list):
    """Takes a list of objects and returns their string representations,
    separated by commas and with 'and' between the penultimate and final items
    For example, for a list of fruit objects:
    [, , ] -> 'apples, oranges and pears'
    """
    if not obj_list:
        return ""
    l=len(obj_list)
    if l==1:
        return u"%s" % obj_list[0]
    else:    
        return ", ".join(str(obj) for obj in obj_list[:l-1]) \
                + " and " + str(obj_list[l-1])

To use it in the template: {{ fruits|join_with_commas }}