Template and if statement position

Configuration Frontend
1

I have written a template sensor and that the moment it looks like that:

  platform: template
  sensors:
      # Template created to display either a green or black bin whichever is next
      bin:
        value_template: >-
            {% if this %}
                State1
            {% else %}
                State2
            {% endif %}
        friendly_name_template: >-
            {% if this %}
                Name1
            {% else%}
                Name2
            {% endif %}
        icon_template: >-
            {% if this %}
                icon1
            {% else %}
                icon2
            {% endif %}

The if statement is the same for each template. Is there a way to “simplify” the code so that the if statement is only used once and the template are surrounded?

I have tried several way of formatting it but the check config always come back saying it is not correct

2

nope, not possible. Jinja does not work across multiple fields. You’ll have to live with the long templates or find a way to shorten them without using if statements.

EDIT: for example…

        {% if this %}
            State1
        {% else %}
            State2
        {% endif %}

is equivalent to

 {{ 'State1' if this else 'State2' }}
3

Fair enough!

Thank you for your other way of presenting the if statement I will try it