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Similarly, we don't always know in advance what kind of DOM element to render. <svelte:element> comes in handy here. As with the previous exercise, we can replace a long sequence of if blocks with a single dynamic element:

App.svelte
<select bind:value={selected}>
	{#each options as option}
		<option value={option}>{option}</option>
	{/each}
</select>

<svelte:element this={selected}>
	I'm a <code>&lt;{selected}&gt;</code> element
</svelte:element>

The this value can be any string, or a falsy value — if it's falsy, no element is rendered.

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<script>
	const options = ['h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'p', 'marquee'];
	let selected = options[0];
</script>
 
<select bind:value={selected}>
	{#each options as option}
		<option value={option}>{option}</option>
	{/each}
</select>
 
{#if selected === 'h1'}
	<h1>I'm a <code>&lt;h1&gt;</code> element</h1>
{:else}
	<p>TODO others</p>
{/if}
 
initialising