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Curious one - how do you set a javascript variable’s name to that of a Django variable?

I need something like:

var “{{django_variable}}” =

I’ve tried this but the script just sees var “” =

Any pointers?

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  • Have you verified that you are providing a property named "django_variable" in context when you render this template? Commented Jan 28, 2018 at 22:34
  • @Alan Yes, the variable I’ve referenced if used anywhere else renders correctly. Commented Jan 28, 2018 at 22:37
  • I don't think you can do that per se, but you can do what you want to do by creating an object and dynamically setting a property name instead of a standalone variable Commented Jan 28, 2018 at 22:38
  • @MichaelRoberts it works elsewhere in the same template, but not in this location? That is odd. Commented Jan 28, 2018 at 22:39
  • Incidentally, putting quotes around the variable name is invalid syntax. Commented Jan 28, 2018 at 22:40

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I can't imagine why you want to do this, but just remove the quotes.

var {{django_variable}} =
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I’m creating unique variables inside a for loop - those unique variables each specify a unique event listener in the script.
(That is to say, if I generated non-unique event listeners inside the loop both event listeners would do the same thing)
An object - the js equivalent of a dict - is probably a more appropriate way to do this.
Sure, that was also raised in the comments. I think that sounds like the way forward - I could probably even look to do this server side if that’s the case. Return the dict in context?

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