how to check a model property using if conditions in backbone template

Question

I am trying to use a backbone template to render a table with a model object. while rendering the table i have to create a table column depending upon the model property. i tried doing

<script id="table-rows" type="text/template">
<td> <span class="status"> {{ status }} </span> </td>
<% if (status == 'completed') { %>
<td>
something
</td>
<% } %>
</script>

my view for single row am calling the render method like

render: function () {
this.$el.html(this.template(this.model.toJSON()));
return this;
}

but this is rendering the column always even the condition is not matching. Let me know where am going wrong. Thanks

[See also](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7230470/how-to-use-if-statements-in-underscore-js-templates). — ourmandave, Feb 10 '16 at 11:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 10 '16 at 11:41

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Why not try this:

<% if ('{{status}}' == 'completed') { %>
<td>
something
</td>
<%}%>

answered Feb 10 '16 at 11:41

Jim Edelstein

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no luck, the condition passing always and printing the tablecell – user3625533 Feb 10 '16 at 12:24
Can you output the value of status in the td so we can make sure it's not "completed"? – Jim Edelstein Feb 10 '16 at 13:11
{{ status }} value is printing correctly like running and completed for the rows. but the if conditional is not working – user3625533 Feb 10 '16 at 13:49
<% if (false) { %> also not evaluating its simply omiting this block and printing tabe cell. – user3625533 Feb 10 '16 at 14:41
Can you submit more of the code? There must be something else going on. – Jim Edelstein Feb 10 '16 at 14:48
Did you modify your _.templateSettings? Did you change interpolate? what about evaluate? – Jim Edelstein Feb 10 '16 at 15:18

how to check a model property using if conditions in backbone template

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