Question

So, in template.html I use:

{% if dict %}
{{ s={} }}
{% endif %}

The error is – Could not parse the remainder: ‘={}’ from ‘s={}’. How to fix it?

Answer 1

Django templates shouldn’t really be used for making dictionaries, they should be made in your views and only basic processing should be done in the templates.

It’s this way on purpose to strictly adhere to the MVC design pattern.

See from here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/templates/

Philosophy

If you have a background in programming, or if you’re used
to languages like PHP which mix programming code directly into HTML,
you’ll want to bear in mind that the Django template system is not
simply Python embedded into HTML. This is by design: the template
system is meant to express presentation, not program logic.

The Django template system provides tags which function similarly to
some programming constructs – an if tag for boolean tests, a for tag
for looping, etc. – but these are not simply executed as the
corresponding Python code, and the template system will not execute
arbitrary Python expressions. Only the tags, filters and syntax listed
below are supported by default (although you can add your own
extensions to the template language as needed).

By the looks of things you want to create a dict based on some condition. You should probably rearrange your logic and create the dict in the view — you also get to leverage all the power of python this way.

There’s probably be a ton of workarounds for your situation if you describe it in more detail.