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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#raw">#raw</a></li>
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  <div class="section" id="directives-output">
<h1>Directives: Output<a class="headerlink" href="#directives-output" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>(output)</p>
<div class="section" id="echo">
<h2>#echo<a class="headerlink" href="#echo" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>(output.echo)</p>
<p>The template:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">Here</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">my</span> <span class="c1">#echo &#39;, &#39;.join([&#39;silly&#39;]*5) # example</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The output:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">Here</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">my</span> <span class="n">silly</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">silly</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">silly</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">silly</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">silly</span> <span class="n">example</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The generated code:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;Here is my &#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;, &#39;</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="s1">&#39;silly&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39; example</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="silent">
<h2>#silent<a class="headerlink" href="#silent" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>(output.silent)</p>
<p>The template:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">Here</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">my</span> <span class="c1">#silent &#39;, &#39;.join([&#39;silly&#39;]*5) # example</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The output:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">Here</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">my</span>  <span class="n">example</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The generated code:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;Here is my &#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="s1">&#39;, &#39;</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="s1">&#39;silly&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39; example</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>OK, it’s not quite covert because that extra space gives it away,
but it almost succeeds.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="raw">
<h2>#raw<a class="headerlink" href="#raw" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>(output.raw)</p>
<p>The template:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>Text before raw.
#raw
Text in raw.  $alligator.  $croc.o[&#39;dile&#39;].  #set $a = $b + $c.
#end raw
Text after raw.
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The output:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>Text before raw.
Text in raw.  $alligator.  $croc.o[&#39;dile&#39;].  #set $a = $b + $c.
Text after raw.
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The generated code:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>        <span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;&#39;&#39;Text before raw.</span>
<span class="s1">Text in raw.  $alligator.  $croc.o[&#39;dile&#39;].  #set $a = $b + $c.</span>
<span class="s1">Text after raw.</span>
<span class="s1">&#39;&#39;&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>So we see that {#raw} is really like a quoting mechanism. It says
that anything inside it is ordinary text, and Cheetah joins a
{#raw} section with adjacent string literals rather than generating
a separate {write} call.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="include">
<h2>#include<a class="headerlink" href="#include" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>(output.include)</p>
<p>The main template:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">#include &quot;y.tmpl&quot;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The included template y.tmpl:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">Let</span><span class="s1">&#39;s go $voom!</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The shell command and output:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">%</span> <span class="n">voom</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;VOOM&quot;</span> <span class="n">x</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">py</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">env</span>
<span class="n">Let</span><span class="s1">&#39;s go VOOM!</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The generated code:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_includeCheetahSource</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;y.tmpl&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">trans</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">trans</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">includeFrom</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;file&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
    <span class="n">raw</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">))</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="include-raw">
<h3>#include raw<a class="headerlink" href="#include-raw" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>(output.include.raw)</p>
<p>The main template:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">#include raw &quot;y.tmpl&quot;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The shell command and output:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">%</span> <span class="n">voom</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;VOOM&quot;</span> <span class="n">x</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">py</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">env</span>
<span class="n">Let</span><span class="s1">&#39;s go $voom!</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The generated code:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_includeCheetahSource</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;y.tmpl&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">trans</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">trans</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">includeFrom</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;fil</span>
<span class="n">e</span><span class="s2">&quot;, raw=1))</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>That last argument, {raw}, makes the difference.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="include-from-a-string-or-expression-eval">
<h3>#include from a string or expression (eval)<a class="headerlink" href="#include-from-a-string-or-expression-eval" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>(output.include.expression)</p>
<p>The template:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">#attr $y = &quot;Let&#39;s go $voom!&quot;</span>
<span class="c1">#include source=$y</span>
<span class="c1">#include raw source=$y</span>
<span class="c1">#include source=&quot;Bam!  Bam!&quot;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The output:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>% voom=&quot;VOOM&quot; x.py --env
Let&#39;s go VOOM!Let&#39;s go $voom!Bam!  Bam!
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The generated code:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_includeCheetahSource</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">VFS</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">SL</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="s2">&quot;y&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">trans</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">trans</span><span class="p">,</span>
    <span class="n">includeFrom</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;str&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">raw</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">includeID</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;481020889808.74&quot;</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_includeCheetahSource</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">VFS</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">SL</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="s2">&quot;y&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">trans</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">trans</span><span class="p">,</span>
    <span class="n">includeFrom</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;str&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">raw</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">includeID</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;711020889808.75&quot;</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_includeCheetahSource</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Bam!  Bam!&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">trans</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">trans</span><span class="p">,</span>
    <span class="n">includeFrom</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;str&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">raw</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">includeID</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;1001020889808.75&quot;</span><span class="p">))</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Later in the generated class:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">y</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Let&#39;s go $voom!&quot;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="slurp">
<h2>#slurp<a class="headerlink" href="#slurp" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>(output.slurp)</p>
<p>The template:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>#for $i in range(5)
$i
#end for
#for $i in range(5)
$i #slurp
#end for
Line after slurp.
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The output:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="mi">0</span>
<span class="mi">1</span>
<span class="mi">2</span>
<span class="mi">3</span>
<span class="mi">4</span>
<span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">3</span> <span class="mi">4</span> <span class="n">Line</span> <span class="n">after</span> <span class="n">slurp</span><span class="o">.</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The generated code:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">i</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="c1"># generated from &#39;$i&#39; at line 2, col 1.</span>
    <span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">i</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="c1"># generated from &#39;$i&#39; at line 5, col 1.</span>
    <span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39; &#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;Line after slurp.</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The space after each number is because of the space before {#slurp}
in the template definition.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="filter">
<h2>#filter<a class="headerlink" href="#filter" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>(output.filter)</p>
<p>The template:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>#attr $ode = &quot;&gt;&gt; Rubber Ducky, you&#39;re the one!  You make bathtime so much fun! &lt;&lt;&quot;
$ode
#filter WebSafe
$ode
#filter MaxLen
${ode, maxlen=13}
#filter None
${ode, maxlen=13}
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The output:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="n">Rubber</span> <span class="n">Ducky</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">you</span><span class="s1">&#39;re the one!  You make bathtime so much fun! &lt;&lt;</span>
<span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">gt</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">gt</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="n">Rubber</span> <span class="n">Ducky</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">you</span><span class="s1">&#39;re the one!  You make bathtime so much fun! &amp;lt;&amp;lt;</span>
<span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="n">Rubber</span> <span class="n">Duc</span>
<span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="n">Rubber</span> <span class="n">Ducky</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">you</span><span class="s1">&#39;re the one!  You make bathtime so much fun! &lt;&lt;</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>The {WebSafe} filter escapes characters that have a special meaning
in HTML. The {MaxLen} filter chops off values at the specified
length. {#filter None} returns to the default filter, which ignores
the {maxlen} argument.</p>
<p>The generated code:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span> <span class="mi">1</span>  <span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">VFS</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">SL</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="s2">&quot;ode&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)))</span> <span class="c1"># generated from &#39;$ode&#39; at line 2, col 1.</span>
 <span class="mi">2</span>  <span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
 <span class="mi">3</span>  <span class="n">filterName</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;WebSafe&#39;</span>
 <span class="mi">4</span>  <span class="k">if</span> <span class="s2">&quot;WebSafe&quot;</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_filters</span><span class="p">:</span>
 <span class="mi">5</span>      <span class="nb">filter</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_currentFilter</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_filters</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">filterName</span><span class="p">]</span>
 <span class="mi">6</span>  <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
 <span class="mi">7</span>      <span class="nb">filter</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_currentFilter</span> <span class="o">=</span> \
 <span class="mi">8</span>                  <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_filters</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">filterName</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">getattr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_filtersLib</span><span class="p">,</span>
                       <span class="n">filterName</span><span class="p">)(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">filter</span>
 <span class="mi">9</span>  <span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">VFS</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">SL</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="s2">&quot;ode&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)))</span> <span class="c1"># generated from &#39;$ode&#39; at line 4, col 1.</span>
<span class="mi">10</span>  <span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="mi">11</span>  <span class="n">filterName</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;MaxLen&#39;</span>
<span class="mi">12</span>  <span class="k">if</span> <span class="s2">&quot;MaxLen&quot;</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_filters</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="mi">13</span>      <span class="nb">filter</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_currentFilter</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_filters</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">filterName</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="mi">14</span>  <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="mi">15</span>      <span class="nb">filter</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_currentFilter</span> <span class="o">=</span> \
<span class="mi">16</span>                  <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_filters</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">filterName</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">getattr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_filtersLib</span><span class="p">,</span>
                       <span class="n">filterName</span><span class="p">)(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">filter</span>
<span class="mi">17</span>  <span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">VFS</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">SL</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="s2">&quot;ode&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">maxlen</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">13</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="c1"># generated from</span>
        <span class="c1">#&#39;${ode, maxlen=13}&#39; at line 6, col 1.</span>
<span class="mi">18</span>  <span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="mi">19</span>  <span class="nb">filter</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_initialFilter</span>
<span class="mi">20</span>  <span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">VFS</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">SL</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="s2">&quot;ode&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">maxlen</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">13</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="c1"># generated from</span>
       <span class="c1">#&#39;${ode, maxlen=13}&#39; at line 8, col 1.</span>
<span class="mi">21</span>  <span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>As we’ve seen many times, Cheetah wraps all placeholder lookups in
a {filter} call. (This also applies to non-searchList lookups:
local, global and builtin variables.) The {filter} “function” is
actually an alias to the current filter object:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">filter</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_currentFilter</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>as set at the top of the main method. Here in lines 3-8 and 11-16
we see the filter being changed. Whoops, I lied. {filter} is not an
alias to the filter object itself but to that object’s {.filter}
method. Line 19 switches back to the default filter.</p>
<p>In line 17 we see the {maxlen} argument being passed as a keyword
argument to {filter} (not to {VFS}). In line 20 the same thing
happens although the default filter ignores the argument.</p>
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