---
title: if
description: Executes the block if the expression is truthy.
categories: []
keywords: []
action:
  aliases: []
  related:
    - functions/go-template/with
    - functions/go-template/else
    - functions/go-template/end
    - functions/collections/IsSet
  returnType:
  signatures: [if EXPR]
---

{{% include "functions/go-template/_common/truthy-falsy.md" %}}

```go-html-template
{{ $var := "foo" }}
{{ if $var }}
  {{ $var }} → foo
{{ end }}
```

Use with the [`else`] statement:

```go-html-template
{{ $var := "foo" }}
{{ if $var }}
  {{ $var }} → foo
{{ else }}
  {{ print "var is falsy" }}
{{ end }}
```

Use `else if` to check multiple conditions:

```go-html-template
{{ $var := 12 }}
{{ if eq $var 6 }}
  {{ print "var is 6" }}
{{ else if eq $var 7 }}
  {{ print "var is 7" }}
{{ else if eq $var 42 }}
  {{ print "var is 42" }}
{{ else }}
  {{ print "var is something else" }}
{{ end }}
```

{{% include "functions/go-template/_common/text-template.md" %}}

[`else`]: /functions/go-template/else/