If-then-else inside a JSP expression?

Question

Can you do an if-then-else statement inside a JSP expression?

EDIT : Specifically I was looking for a JSP solution, not a JSTL solution. But some JSTL s

Answer 1

there is a different way I use because Eclipse keep telling me that it can't resolve a variable which is coming from the servlet while executing which is below (PS: Am new to JSP):

${if(var != null)"text to print"}
${if(var != null)var}  to print a variable 
${if(var != null)"text to print"}

the result will be like

text to print text to print