Variables – Emarsys ESL

Using variables is the main method for outputting data. You can create custom variables in the following ways:

String variable

{% set customVariable1 = 'String' %}

Calling a string variable:

{{customVariable1}}

Result: String

String variable with multiple values

{% set customVariable3 = { var1: 'string1'; var2: 'string2' } %}

Calling one of the values of a variable with multiple values:

{{customVariable3.var1}}

Result: string1

Numeric variable

{% set customVariable2 = 4 %}

Calling a numeric variable:

{{customVariable2}}

Result: 4

Variables in the VCE editor

This is what you see in the VCE editor when adding the given variables:

This is what you can see in the Contact Preview, so what your users see:

You can also create a variable containing an entire block of code:

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff">
 <tr>
 	<td>
		{{customBlockVariable}}
 	</td>
 </tr>
</table>
Result:
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff">
 	<tr>
 		<td>
 			<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 				<tr>
					<td>
						This variable is equal to this entire block of code!
 					</td>
 				</tr>
			</table>
 		</td>
 	</tr>
</table>