Captures the string inside of the opening and closing tags and assigns it to a variable. Variables created using capture are stored as strings.

Input

{% capture my_variable %}I am being captured.{% endcapture %}
{{ my_variable }}

Output

I am being captured.

Using capture, you can create complex strings using other variables created with assign.

Input

{% assign favorite_food = "pizza" %}
{% assign age = 35 %}

{% capture about_me %}
I am {{ age }} and my favorite food is {{ favorite_food }}.
{% endcapture %}

{{ about_me }}

Output

I am 35 and my favourite food is pizza.