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{{identifier[,alignment][:formatString]}} {{identifier[,alignment][:formatString]}}
The matching braces are required. The alignment and the format strings are optional and match the syntax accepted by `String.Format`. Refer to [String.Format](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string.format.aspx)'s documentation to learn more about the standard and custom format strings. The matching braces are required. Notice that they are double curly braces! The alignment and the format strings are optional and match the syntax accepted by `String.Format`. Refer to [String.Format](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string.format.aspx)'s documentation to learn more about the standard and custom format strings.
### Placeholder Scope
The indentifier is used to find a property with a matching name. If you want to print out the object itself, you can use the special identifier `this`.
FormatCompiler compiler = new FormatCompiler();
Generator generator = compiler.Compiler("Hello, {{this}}!!!");
string result = generator.Render("Bob");
Console.Out.WriteLine(result); // Hello, Bob!!!
Some tags, such as `each` and `with`, change which object the values will be retrieved from.
If a property with the placeholder name can't be found at the current scope, the name will be searched for at the next highest level.
**mustache#** will automatically detect when an object is a dictionary and search for matching key. In this case, it still needs to be a valid identifier name.
### Nested Placeholders
If you want to grab a nested property, you can separate identifiers using `.`.
{{Customer.Address.ZipCode}}
## The 'if' tag ## The 'if' tag
The **if** tag allows you to conditionally include a block of text.
Hello{{#if Name}}, {{Name}}{{/if}}!!!
The block will be printed if:
* The value is a non-empty string.
* The value is a non-empty collection.
* The value is a char and isn't the NULL char.
* The value is a non-zero number.
* The value evaluates to true.
The **if** tag has complimentary **elif** and **else** tags. There can be as many **elif** tags as desired but the **else** tag must appear only once and after all other tags.
{{#if Male}}Mr.{{#elif Married}}Mrs.{{#else}}Ms.{{/if}}
## The 'each' tag ## The 'each' tag
If you need to print out a block of text for each item in a collection, use the **each** tag.
{{#each Customers}}
Hello, {{Name}}!!
{{/each}}
Within the context of the **each** block, the scope changes to the current item. So, in the example above, `Name` would refer to a property in the `Customer` class.
## The 'with' tag ## The 'with' tag
Within a block of text, you may refer to a same top-level placeholder over and over. You can cut down the amount of text by using the **with** tag.
{{#with Customer.Address}}
{{FirstName}} {{LastName}}
{{Line1}}
{{#if Line2}}{{Line2}}{{/if}}
{{#if Line3}}{{Line3}}{{/if}}
{{City}} {{State}}, {{ZipCode}}
{{/with}}
Here, the `Customer.Address` property will be searched first for the placeholders. If a property cannot be found in the `Address` object, it will be searched for in the `Customer` object and on up.