Ticket #5567: last_and_nth_filters.diff

django/template/defaultfilters.py

@@ -320 +320 @@
     except IndexError:
         return u''
 
+def last(value):
+    "Returns the last item in a list"
+    try:
+        return value[-1]
+    except IndexError:
+        return u''
+    
+def nth(value, arg):
+    "Returns the nth item in a list"
+    try:
+        return value[int(arg)]
+    except IndexError:
+        return u''
+
 def join(value, arg):
     "Joins a list with a string, like Python's ``str.join(list)``"
     try:

tests/regressiontests/defaultfilters/tests.py

@@ -490 +490 @@
 u'123'
 >>> striptags(123)
 u'123'
-
+>>> last([0, 1, 2, 3, 4])
+4
+>>> last(u'Hello')
+u'o'
+>>> nth(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], 1)
+'b'
+>>> nth(u'abcd', 1)
+u'b'
 """
 
 from django.template.defaultfilters import *