Conditional Include in Jade + Express

Question

How can one use if -else statement on "include" in jade??

For example, if I have two separate navigation bar templates navbar.jade and navbar_notloggedin.jade

I would like to do:

input(type='hidden', value= user.user)#username

- if(user.user!="")
  include navbar
- else if(user.user=="")
  include navbar_notloggedin

And what happens if you execute that code? – Amberlamps Aug 08 '12 at 08:30 — Amberlamps, Aug 08 '12 at 08:30

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 08 '12 at 09:55

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You can use,

-if (user.user)
 include navbar
-else
 include navbar_notloggedin

The if statement will check whether the variable is defined or not, not whether it is an empty string or not. However, I assume you are not storing empty string values for user.

answered Aug 08 '12 at 09:55

dkap

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You can even omit the leading dashes. – Marc Aug 08 '12 at 10:00
how to use include in jade template? – Jitendra Pancholi Feb 29 '16 at 09:28
got the example https://github.com/expressjs/express/blob/master/examples/jade/views/layout.jade – Jitendra Pancholi Feb 29 '16 at 09:34

Conditional Include in Jade + Express

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