NAME

Solution::Tag::Assign - Variable assignment construct

Synopsis

{% assign some.variable = 'this value' %}

Description

You can store data in your own variables for later use as output or in other tags. The simplest way to create a variable is with the assign tag which a rather straightforward syntax.

{% assign person.name = 'john' %}
Hello, {{ person.name | capitalize }}.

You can modify the value before assignment with filters.

{% assign person.name = 'john' | capitalize %}
Hello, {{ person.name }}.

See Also

Liquid for Designers: http://wiki.github.com/tobi/liquid/liquid-for-designers

Solution's docs on custom filter creation

Author

Sanko Robinson <sanko@cpan.org> - http://sankorobinson.com/

The original Liquid template system was developed by jadedPixel (http://jadedpixel.com/) and Tobias Lütke (http://blog.leetsoft.com/).

License and Legal

Copyright (C) 2009-2012 by Sanko Robinson <sanko@cpan.org>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of The Artistic License 2.0. See the LICENSE file included with this distribution or http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0. For clarification, see http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_2_0_notes.

When separated from the distribution, all original POD documentation is covered by the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/legalcode. For clarification, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/.