Is there a way to pass variables into templates in Meteor?

Question

I\'ve been experimenting with Meteor and ran into something I couldn\'t figure out. For fun, I was trying to make a slot machine. I had the following HTML:

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Answer 1

Better Answer:

The two solutions that are available to making a template context sensitive under the new Blaze layout are:

1) Passing arguments to the template directly

{{> contextSensitiveTemplate  context_1='x' context_2='y' }}

2) Using a helper in the template that understands the context. Call the helper like this:

{{ contextHelperName ../.. .. this }}

And

Template.contextSensitiveTemplate.contextHelperName = function(parent_template, current_template, current_value_inside_each_loop) {
  return context_dependent_value_or_html     
}