Mustache templates: How to output a block only once for non-empty lists

Question

If my list is empty, I want to output this:

If my list i

Answer 1

If you don't want to or can't reformat your data or templating engine, you can also just check items.length before rendering the

tags. Some people frown upon this, but it's definitely an alternative to Max's answer.

{{#items.length}}
    

        {{items}}
            
{{name}}
        {{/items}}
    
{{/items.length}}