Is there a compact way to set a default value when using a Velocity variable (like the Freemarker way)?

Question

In Freemarker you can

<p>${my_var!}</p>

to avoid having an error message if my_var is not defined, and

<p>${my_var!"this is undefined!"}</p>

to set a defaut value for my_var if it is not defined.

What with Velocity? Do you also have a compact syntaxe or do you have to do a if/else statement?

Answer 1

Found an answer here : Velocity nulls and empty strings

solution with velocity :

<p>$!my_var</p>