github.com/rabbouni145/gg@v0.47.1/docs/content/en/functions/with.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: with 3 # linktitle: with 4 description: Rebinds the context (`.`) within its scope and skips the block if the variable is absent. 5 godocref: 6 date: 2017-02-01 7 publishdate: 2017-02-01 8 lastmod: 2017-03-12 9 categories: [functions] 10 menu: 11 docs: 12 parent: "functions" 13 keywords: [conditionals] 14 signature: ["with INPUT"] 15 workson: [] 16 hugoversion: 17 relatedfuncs: [] 18 deprecated: false 19 --- 20 21 An alternative way of writing an `if` statement and then referencing the same value is to use `with` instead. `with` rebinds the context (`.`) within its scope and skips the block if the variable is absent or unset. 22 23 The following example checks for a [user-defined site variable](/variables/site/) called `twitteruser`. If the key-value is not set, the following will render nothing: 24 25 {{< code file="layouts/partials/twitter.html" >}} 26 {{with .Site.Params.twitteruser}}<span class="twitter"> 27 <a href="https://twitter.com/{{.}}" rel="author"> 28 <img src="/images/twitter.png" width="48" height="48" title="Twitter: {{.}}" 29 alt="Twitter"></a> 30 </span>{{end}} 31 {{< /code >}}