Template sensor - Mixed numeric and text output! Possible?

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1

Hello!

I’ve got a sensor which I’d like to create a template sensor for.
When “sensor.battery_time_to_go” shows “0” I’d like to display the word “infinate” and any positive numerical value after that to display as normal. ie: 1.1, 10.2 etc

Template sensor:

  time_to_go:
    friendly_name: "Time to go"
    unit_of_measurement: 'Hrs'
    entity_id:
      - sensor.battery_time_to_go
    value_template: "{%if states.sensor.battery_time_to_go == '0' %}Infinate{% endif %}"

Is this possible?

2

This should do it:

time_to_go:
    friendly_name: "Time to go"
    unit_of_measurement: 'Hrs'
    entity_id:
      - sensor.battery_time_to_go
    value_template: >
      {% if states('sensor.battery_time_to_go')|int == 0 %}
        Infinite
      {% else %}
        {{ states('sensor.battery_time_to_go') }}
      {% endif %}
3

Every day is a school day! Thanks. You sorted that :slight_smile: :ok_hand:

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