Access variables returned from function in django view with name of variable

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I have a view in django that has a filter that uses two dates. I want to calculate the dates in a separate function to tidy it up a bit and return them to the view.

def index(request):
    function = month()
    objectcount = Entry.objects.filter(entrydate__range=(function[0], function[1])).count() #bleurgh!
    context = {
        "objectcount": objectcount,
    }
    return render(request, 'entry/index.html', context)

def month():
    today = datetime.datetime.now().date()
    first_of_month = "{}-{}-01".format(today.year, today.month)
    last = calendar.monthrange(today.year, today.month)[1]
    last_of_month = "{}-{}-{}".format(today.year, today.month, last)

    return first_of_month, last_of_month

This works fine, but I have to access the variables using function[0] and function[1].

How can I pass these variables so they are accessed from the index view using names - like first_of_month and last_of_month?

pass them as tuples return (first_of_month, last_of_month) — Abhishake Gupta
– Abhishake Gupta, Commented Mar 30, 2017 at 9:52

Mubariz F · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-30 09:52:39Z

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Maybe you write like this

def month():
    today = datetime.datetime.now().date()
    first_of_month = "{}-{}-01".format(today.year, today.month)
    last = calendar.monthrange(today.year, today.month)[1]
    last_of_month = "{}-{}-{}".format(today.year, today.month, last)
    resp_data ={"first_of_month":first_of_month,"last_of_month":last_of_month}
    return resp_data

function["first_of_month"] function["last_of_month"]

answered Mar 30, 2017 at 9:52

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Abhishake Gupta · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-30 09:55:56Z

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Pass them as tuples

return (first_of_month, last_of_month)

and access it via index.

pass them as a dictionary like

var ={"a":a,"b":b} return var

answered Mar 30, 2017 at 9:55

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