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JavaScript Build a Simple Dynamic Site with Node.js Creating a Basic Template Engine in Node.js A Simple Merge Utility

Keytron Brown
Keytron Brown
15,828 Points
Posted by Keytron Brown
Keytron Brown
15,828 Points

Backend trouble...

I am not understanding anything about this backend stuff. Can I just get an answer to this question please.

index.js 
var utilities = require("./utilities");

var mailValues = {};

mailValues.first_name = "Janet";

var emailTemplate = "Hi %first_name%! Thanks for completing this code challenge :)";

var mergedContent = utilities.merge(emailTemplate, mailValues);

//mergedContent === "Hi Janet! Thanks for completing this code challenge :)";
utilities.js 
function merge(content, values) {
  for(var key in values) {
     content = content.replace("{{" + key + "}}", values[key]);
}
  return content;
}


module.exports.merge = merge;

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

You're pretty close, but you may have misread the instructions. They say that "You should be able to pass in a string with placeholders with percent signs (%) surrounding them."

But your replacement code is looking for placeholders with double braces ({{ }}) surrounding them instead.