Using variables for a partial template

Question

I\'m definitely missing something about the way Handlebars works. I need to call different partials depending on the value of a variable. Currently the only way I\'ve found to d

Answer 1

Update for 2016: Version 3 of handlebars added Dynamic Partials. From the docs:

It's possible to dynamically select the partial to be executed by using sub expression syntax.

{{> (whichPartial) }}

Will evaluate whichPartial and then render the partial whose name is returned by this function.

Subexpressions do not resolve variables, so whichPartial must be a function. If a simple variable has the partial name, it's possible to resolve it via the lookup helper.

 {{> (lookup . 'myVariable') }}