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JavaScript Asynchronous Programming with JavaScript Understanding Promises Handle Multiple Promises with Promise.all

Posted by Kinkaid Nolen
Kinkaid Nolen
4,859 Points

$ { } I'm a little confused by this.

I know this was used with template literals and used for dynamic values but its not clicking in plain English to me. Please help.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

In a template literal, an expression surrounded with "${" and "}" will be replaced by it's value. For example:

var name = "Joe";
var food = "cookies";
console.log(`My name is ${name} and I like ${food}.`);
// the above should log: "My name is Joe and I like cookies."

This replacement process is called "interpolation".