can't get the category slug to use in a condition

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June 15, 2020 at 8:35 PM #20365
sofdesigne
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Hi, i am trying to get the name of the current post category, and compare it to do some conditional tasks

but the condition don't work, i think because the category is not just a slug, it's a link !

here is my code
```
{% set cat = mb.get_the_term_list( post.ID, 'category') %}
{{ cat }}

{% if cat == archives %}
    <p>test</p>
{% endif %}
```
i try to echo test when the category slug is 'archives'

i also tried with
```
{% set termList = mb.get_the_terms( post.ID, 'category' ) %}
{{ termList[0].slug }}
```
but it didn't work either, maybe because i get a couple empty lines when it showed up in the chrome inspector !

i just need to get the category slug to compare it with simple text for some conditions

please help

thanks in advance

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June 15, 2020 at 10:18 PM #20368
Long Nguyen
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Hi,

This code
```
{% set termList = mb.get_the_terms( post.ID, 'category' ) %}
{{ termList[0].slug }}
```
shows the first category slug of the current post as well, please see my screen record https://www.loom.com/share/b520a8d8fe63414081f790e584c5dac2. Could you please clear the cache and check the code again?

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June 15, 2020 at 10:32 PM #20369

sofdesigne
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Thanks for your replay,

the thing is that i can't get the condition to work, the category slug is showing normally like in your example, but the condition is not working, i think because of the way it's displayed, please take a look at the capture, it's from chromes inspector, it has many empty space, this is why i can't match it with my value condition

thanks

https://ibb.co/dPnpLcZ

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June 15, 2020 at 10:48 PM #20371
Long Nguyen
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If you want to compare a variable with a text, you have to wrap it in the single/double quotes.
```
{% set termList = mb.get_the_terms( post.ID, 'category' ) %}
{% set cat = termList[0].slug %}
{% if cat == 'archives' %}
<p>
    Test
</p>
{% endif %}
```
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June 15, 2020 at 11:00 PM #20372

sofdesigne
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thanks a lot,

it works because it's in a new variable, not just the quotes ( i tried them before ), very clever

thanks again

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