Display template

Hi -

I'm not a developer - and no one in the company to ask - so here goes: 

when this is stated in a Display template: <!--#_  - is this commented out or? 

having trouble with showing specific User Property (TeamId) in a display template that is used on the user profile

got a variable:  var has_dp = !$isEmptyString(ctx.CurrentItem.Department);

then a:

 if (has_dp == true) - does this mean - if the user has a department then don't show the rest or ?  

 if(has_dp == true) {
_#--><div id="Department"><!--#_
												var CostID = $htmlEncode(ctx.CurrentItem.TeamCostID);
												var TeamID = "(" + CID  + ")";
                                                var encodedDept = $htmlEncode(ctx.CurrentItem.Department);
                                                var displayDept = Srch.U.getSingleHHXMLNodeValue(hhProps, "department");

												if($isEmptyString(CID)){
												 TeamID = CID;
												}

                                                if ($isEmptyString(displayDept)) { displayDept = encodedDept }
												    var str = ctx.CurrentItem.Department;
													var res = str.replace("&", "%26");
_#--><div id="DepartmentValue" class="ms-srch-ellipsis" title="_#= encodedDept =#_"> <a href='http://Portal/Sites/Search/Pages/peopleresults.aspx?k=Department:"_#=res=#_"'>_#= encodedDept =#_(_#= ctx.CurrentItem.DepartmentCost =#_)</a></div></div><!--#_
                                        }
												if(!$isEmptyString(ctx.CurrentItem.TeamName)){
_#--><div id="TeamName"> 
<a href='http://portal/sites/search/Pages/peopleresults.aspx?k=TeamName:"_#=ctx.CurrentItem.TeamName=#_"'> _#= ctx.CurrentItem.TeamName =#_ _#=TeamID=#_</a> 
</div>