svelte/documentation/tutorial/16-special-elements/02-svelte-component/text.md

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title: <svelte:component>
---

A component can change its category altogether with `<svelte:component>`. Instead of a sequence of `if` blocks...

```svelte
{#if selected.color === 'red'}
	<RedThing />
{:else if selected.color === 'green'}
	<GreenThing />
{:else if selected.color === 'blue'}
	<BlueThing />
{/if}
```

...we can have a single dynamic component:

```svelte
<svelte:component this={selected.component} />
```

The `this` value can be any component constructor, or a falsy value — if it's falsy, no component is rendered.