Holds variables. Variables are only loaded “just in time” and are not evaluated as part of the render stage
{{ monkey }} {{ user.name }}
Variables can be combined with filters:
{{ user | link }}
# File lib/liquid/variable.rb, line 17 def initialize(markup) @markup = markup @name = nil @filters = [] if match = markup.match(%r\s*(#{QuotedFragment})(.*)/) @name = match[1] if match[2].match(%r#{FilterSeparator}\s*(.*)/) filters = Regexp.last_match(1).scan(FilterParser) filters.each do |f| if matches = f.match(%r\s*(\w+)/) filtername = matches[1] filterargs = f.scan(%r(?:#{FilterArgumentSeparator}|#{ArgumentSeparator})\s*(#{QuotedFragment})/).flatten @filters << [filtername.to_sym, filterargs] end end end end end
# File lib/liquid/variable.rb, line 36 def render(context) return '' if @name.nil? @filters.inject(context[@name]) do |output, filter| filterargs = filter[1].to_a.collect do |a| context[a] end begin output = context.invoke(filter[0], output, *filterargs) rescue FilterNotFound raise FilterNotFound, "Error - filter '#{filter[0]}' in '#{@markup.strip}' could not be found." end end end