Ooops. My bad. My actual non-working template had
#if ( !$foo )
The problem was extra spaces inside the parenthesis. I assumed that
extra whitespace would be irrelevant and accidentally left it out of my
report.
"Geir Magnusson Jr." wrote:
>
> "Geir Magnusson Jr." wrote:
> >
> > jeff wrote:
> > >
> > > I wanted to check in a template to see $foo was a valid reference. I
> > > tried
> > >
> > > #if (!$foo)
> > > stuff
> > > #end
> > >
> >
> > You would think this would be the right way. Hm. I'll take a look.
>
> I must be missing something. The following template :
>
> #if (!$foo)
> Hello
> #end
>
> #set($bar = "woogie")
> #if(!$bar)
> not bar
> #else
> \$bar = $bar
> #end
>
> produces the output
>
> Hello
>
> $bar = woogie
>
> This seems right :) Maybe I didn't understand your post...
>
> geir
>
> > > then i tried
> > >
> > > #if ($foo = null)
> > > stuff
> > > #end
> > >
> > > then I tried
> > >
> > > #if ($foo)
> > > #else
> > > stuff
> > > #end
> > >
> > > finally I suceeded with
> > >
> > > #if ($foo)
> > >
> > > #else
> > > stuff
> > > #end
> > >
> > > Is there a more elegant solution?
> >
> > --
> > Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Velocity : it's not just a good idea. It should be the law.
> > http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity
>
> --
> Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Velocity : it's not just a good idea. It should be the law.
> http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity
