Multiply in django template
You can use widthratio
builtin filter for multiplication and division.
To compute A*B: {% widthratio A 1 B %}
To compute A/B: {% widthratio A B 1 %}
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Notice: For irrational numbers, the result will round to integer.
You need to use a custom template tag. Template filters only accept a single argument, while a custom template tag can accept as many parameters as you need, do your multiplication and return the value to the context.
You'll want to check out the Django template tag documentation, but a quick example is:
from django import template
register = template.Library()
@register.simple_tag()
def multiply(qty, unit_price, *args, **kwargs):
# you would need to do any localization of the result here
return qty * unit_price
Which you can call like this:
{% load your_custom_template_tags %}
{% for cart_item in cart.cartitem_set.all %}
{% multiply cart_item.quantity cart_item.unit_price %}
{% endfor %}
Are you sure you don't want to make this result a property of the cart item? It would seem like you'd need this information as part of your cart when you do your checkout.