title: Limit number of characters with Django Template filter
body: <p>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.</p>
  
  <p>Example: I have a variable that contains 300 or so characters.</p>
  
  <p>I call that variable like this, <code>{{ my_variable|characterlimit:255 }}</code></p>
  
  <p>and it would return only the first 255 characters of that variable.</p>
  
  <p>If this tag doesn't exist, I will simply create it (and suggest that it goes into django), but I wanted to make sure it didn't before I took the time to do that. Thanks!</p>