Using boolean switches in LaTeX

Here’s a small example how to typeset conditional text. There may be other solutions available (see etoolbox or use LuaTeX), however I like ifthen.sty

\documentclass{minimal}
 
\usepackage{ifthen}
\newboolean{somevariable}
\setboolean{somevariable}{false}
 
\begin{document}
 
\ifthenelse{\boolean{somevariable}}{Text if somevariable is true.}{Text if somevariable is false.}
 
\end{document}

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