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Python Django Forms Forms Handling a Form in a View

Posted by Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 Points

What's the difference between {% %} and {{ }}?

Can someone clarify please?

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,460 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,460 Points

in Django templates {{ }} are used to evaluate variables and {% %} are Django templates tags for commands such as block, if, for, with, comment, etc.

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 Points

So {{ }} will print out the contents of the thing but {% %} will call the thing as a function, arguments and then print out the result?

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,460 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,460 Points

Yes, or at least it will try to. Mixing up {{ }} with {% %} creates some interesting errors!