in reply to Can HTML::Template do this?

Have a first and a second and check to see if it exists. I just coded this up today in a results table. 
<TMPL_LOOP NAME="RESULTS">
  <tr>
    <td>
      <TMPL_IF NAME="FIRST">
        <TMPL_VAR NAME="FIRST">
      <TMPL_ELSE>
        &nbsp;
      </TMPL_IF>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <TMPL_IF NAME="SECOND">
        <TMPL_VAR NAME="SECOND">
      <TMPL_ELSE>
        &nbsp;
      </TMPL_IF>
    </td>
  </tr>
</TMPL_LOOP>

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