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if-else statements don't work inside JSX. This is because JSX is just syntactic sugar for function calls and object construction. Take this basic example:

/** @jsx React.DOM */

// This JSX:
React.renderComponent(<div id="msg">Hello World!</div>, mountNode);

// Is transformed to this JS:
React.renderComponent(React.DOM.div({id:"msg"}, "Hello World!"), mountNode);

This means that if statements don't fit in. Take this example:

/** @jsx React.DOM */

// This JSX:
<div id={if (condition) { 'msg' }}>Hello World!</div>

// Is transformed to this JS:
React.DOM.div({id: if (condition) { 'msg' }}, "Hello World!");

That's not valid JS. You probably want to make use of a ternary expression:

/** @jsx React.DOM */

React.renderComponent(<div id={condition ? 'msg' : ''}>Hello World!</div>, mountNode);

Try using it today with the JSX compiler.