Else statement in Angular

With new Angular 4.0.0 syntax for else statement looks like this:

<div *ngIf="unfinishedTodos && unfinishedTodos.length > 0; else empty">
   <div *ngFor="let todo of unfinishedTodos">
      {{todo.title}}
   </div>
</div>
<ng-template #empty>
   empty
</ng-template >

Syntax compatible with Angular 4.0 and beyond

<ng-template #elseTemplate>
  Content displayed if expression returns false
</ng-template>
<ng-container *ngIf="expression; else elseTemplate">
  Content displayed if expression returns true
</ng-container>

or

<ng-container *ngIf="expression; then thenBlock; else elseBlock"></ng-container>
<ng-template #thenBlock>
  Content displayed if expression returns true
</ng-template>
<ng-template #elseBlock>
  Content displayed if expression returns false
</ng-template>

Syntax compatible with Angular 2.0 and beyond

<ng-container *ngIf="expression">
    true
</ng-container>
<ng-container *ngIf="!expression">
    else
</ng-container>

Important

• You can use e.g. <div>, or any other tag, instead of <ng-container>

• <template> had been deprecated since 4.0 in favor of <ng-template> to avoid name collision with already existing tag.