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Part 1 / Reactivity / Statements

We're not limited to declaring reactive values — we can also run arbitrary statements reactively. For example, we can log the value of count whenever it changes:

let count = 0;

$: console.log(`the count is ${count}`);

You can easily group statements together with a block:

$: {
	console.log(`the count is ${count}`);
	alert(`I SAID THE COUNT IS ${count}`);
}

You can even put the $: in front of things like if blocks:

$: if (count >= 10) {
	alert('count is dangerously high!');
	count = 0;
}

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