Can I declare local/temp variables within a jQuery template?

Question

Is it possible to declare new variables within the jQuery template syntax? I\'m hoping to achieve the equivalent of this (which does not work):

{{var test =          


        

Answer 1

I know this has already been answered and accepted, but here is another solution:

${( $data.localVariable = 'SOMETHING' ),''}

A jsFiddle example: http://jsfiddle.net/brettwp/PrfZ5/