From 60a5ec80a25079292a831521bd226b0a389634c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Croce <andrew+dds@promptworks.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:16:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add global template function for string casting

---
 atst/filters.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/atst/filters.py b/atst/filters.py
index 217b9e2f..83a911e5 100644
--- a/atst/filters.py
+++ b/atst/filters.py
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ def formattedDate(value, formatter="%m/%d/%Y"):
 def dateFromString(value, formatter="%m/%Y"):
     return datetime.datetime.strptime(value, formatter)
 
+def string(value):
+    return app.jinja_env.filters["string"](value)
+
 
 def register_filters(app):
     app.jinja_env.filters["iconSvg"] = iconSvg
@@ -88,3 +91,4 @@ def register_filters(app):
     app.jinja_env.filters["renderList"] = renderList
     app.jinja_env.filters["formattedDate"] = formattedDate
     app.jinja_env.filters["dateFromString"] = dateFromString
+    app.jinja_env.globals.update(string=string)