If condition on Django html Template

Question

jobseqno=P567890

<td>
{% if jobseqno|first:"P" %}** <a href="{{ url }}{{ jobseqno }}" target="_blank">{{ jobseqno}}</a>{% endif %}
</td>

The above attached code doesn't work please help me out!!

Answer 1

You can check this with:

{% if 'P' == jobseqno|first %}
    …
{%endif %}

If you are however filtering a QuerySet, you should filter it in the database query, so in the view, not the template.