I am having a brain fart and old-timer moment. I'm tired and not seeing something obvious...

Can I get a Monk to help me figure out how to check for truth when presenting an element with HTML::Template?

I have the following code which essentially sets a done flag to true or false:

    ...

    my $unfinished_bcasts = $Broadcast->unfinished;
            
    my $finished = 0;

    if (! grep { $bcast_id == $_ } @$unfinished_bcasts) {
        $finished = 1;
    }

    $bcast_data->{$bcast_id}{finished} = $finished; 

    ...

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I then have an HTML::Template template that has this:

    <TMPL_IF NAME=FINISHED>
        <tr align="left">
              <td><b>Time Finished</b></td>
              <td><TMPL_VAR NAME=TIME_FINISHED></td>
          </tr>
    </TMPL_IF>

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My expectation is, is that the TIME_FINISHED var will appear in the HTML table *if* the FINISHED var is true. My issue is that no matter what I set FINISHED to, the TIME_FINISHED always appears in the HTML. I can confirm with certainty that both variables are being passed along properly to the template.

Please help me with what I'm completely missing.

-stevieb

In reply to Check for truth of variable in HTML::Template by stevieb

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