Declare variable in a Play2 scala template

Question

How do you declare and initialize a variable to be used locally in a Play2 Scala template?

I have this:

@var title : String = \"Home\"

Answer 1

In twirl templates I would recommend using the defining block, because the

@random = @{
     new Random().nextInt
}

<div id="@random"></div>
<div id="@random"></div>

would result in different values when used multiple times!

@defining(new Random().nextInt){ random =>
    <div id="@random"></div>
    <div id="@random"></div>
}

Answer 2

@defining("foo") { title=>
  <div>@title</div>
  ...
}

basically, you have to wrap the block in which you are going to use it