[Evergreen-general] Conditional Statement in Receipt Template

[Terran McCanna]

We do it using ternary logic:

{{patron.pref_first_given_name ? patron.pref_first_given_name :
patron.first_given_name}}

If preferred first name exists, then use preferred first name - otherwise
use first given name.

On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 3:28 PM Chauncey Montgomery via Evergreen-general <
evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> We are trying to create a conditional statement within the receipt
> templates that will display a user's preferred name, if that condition is
> true; otherwise, the given name will be displayed on the receipt.
>
> How would I go about creating a conditional statement that checks if there
> is a value in the patron.pref_first_given_name field?
>
> Many thanks.
> CM
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