{assign var="name" value="Bob"} {assign "name" "Bob"} {* short-hand *} The value of $name is {$name}. {* Other cool examples *} {foreach $videos as $video} {$video.title_ns = {$video.title|lower|replace:' ':'-'}} {/foreach} {assign var="name" value="somestring_{$item.id}"}
{assign var="editable" value=$cond1&~$cond2}