How to check if a checkbox is checked in a check list field in the rendering variant NVelocity template

Question

I have a checklist with value(a,b,c,d) in the items.

In the rendering variant template how can I check If 'a' is checked? I am using Sitecore 9.2

Answer 1

Note that NVelocity is removed in version 9.3 so if you have other options you might want to use those.

But to answer your question, you could do something like this:

#set ($checks = $item.Fields.get_Item("YourCheckListField").ToString)
#if ($checks.contains("THE-GUID-OF-THE-ITEM-A"))
... do your stuff
#end

This gets the value from the field, which will be the raw value so the '|' delimited string of guids (in capitals). You can check if the guid of your "A" item is in there.