IfDirective.rst

If Conditions

within tempalite, a template can have conditional sections by using the an if directive:

{% if <conditional> %}
    <statements>
{% elif <conditional> %}
    <statements>
{% else %}
    <statements>
{% endif %}

<conditional>

Any valid :ref:`expression` which generates a boolean value - just as in usual Python if statements

<statements>

Any combination of text, :ref:`ContextVariables`, other loops, and :ref:`IfConditionals`

The {% elif <conditional> %} and {% else %} directives are entirely optional (as they are in Python), but the {% endif %} statement is mandatory. Unlike normal python code indentation of the directives is not required (but is good practice in order to illustrate the structure of the template.