Limit number of characters with Django Template filter

Question

I am trying to output the first 255 characters of a description on a list of items and am looking for a method to get that.

Example: I have a variable that contains 300

Answer 1

If do you want to truncate by word, take a look at this https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/templates/builtins/#truncatechars