Splitting HAML code into multiple lines

If you’re using HAML and have a really long piece of code, you probably want to split it into multiple lines so it looks clean. Here’s how you do it.

Let’s say you have this code:

%h1.logo= real_account? && current_account.name ? current_account.name : AppConfig['app_name']

But you’d rather have:

%h1.logo= real_account? && current_account.name ? 
          current_account.name : AppConfig['app_name']

All you need is to pipe them using |, like this:

%h1.logo= real_account? && current_account.name ? |
          current_account.name : AppConfig['app_name'] |

Notice how the last line also has a |. That is required.

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