java - How to do an inline if/otherwise (aka ternary operator) in Velocity?

Question

In pure Java, I could do this:

value = (a > b) ? a : b;

Whereas in Velocity, the long form would be:

#if($a > $b)          
    #set($value = $a)
#else
    #set($value = $b)
#end

Is there a short form in Velocity? I want to be able to do an if/otherwise inline.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5005000/how-to-do-an-inline-if-otherwise-aka-ternary-operator-in-velocity

Answer 1

You can do

#set($value = "#if($flag)red#{else}blue#end")