How to comment ejs code ( JS node)

Question

I have this code in an ejs File.

<table>
<% for(var i=0; i < data.length; i++) { %>
   <tr>
     <td><%= data[i].id %></td>
     <td><%= data[i].name %></td>
   </tr>
<% } %>
</table>

When I comment it this way,

<!-- <table> -->
<!-- <% for(var i=0; i < data.length; i++) { %> -->
<!--    <tr> -->
<!--      <td><%= data[i].id %></td> -->
<!--      <td><%= data[i].name %></td> -->
<!--    </tr> -->
<!-- <% } %> -->
<!-- </table> -->

I still have an error in Line 2. Here is the stack of the ERROR

ReferenceError: c:\Users\toumi\Desktop\workspaces\eclipse\ToDoList\views\x.ejs:2
   1| <!-- <table> --> 
>> 2| <!-- <% for(var i=0; i < data.length; i++) { %> --> 
   3| <!--    <tr> --> 
   4| <!--      <td><%= data[i].id %></td> --> 
   5| <!--      <td><%= data[i].name %></td> --> 

data is not defined
   at eval (eval at <anonymous> (c:\Users\toumi\Desktop\workspaces\eclipse\ToDoList\node_modules\ejs\lib\ejs.js:455:12), <anonymous>:11:25)
   at c:\Users\toumi\Desktop\workspaces\eclipse\ToDoList\node_modules\ejs\lib\ejs.js:482:14
   at View.exports.renderFile [as engine] (c:\Users\toumi\Desktop\workspaces\eclipse\ToDoList\node_modules\ejs\lib\ejs.js:348:31)
   at View.render (c:\Users\toumi\Desktop\workspaces\eclipse\ToDoList\node_modules\express\lib\view.js:93:8)
   at EventEmitter.app.render (c:\Users\toumi\Desktop\workspaces\eclipse\ToDoList\node_modules\express\lib\application.js:566:10)
   at ServerResponse.res.render (c:\Users\toumi\Desktop\workspaces\eclipse\ToDoList\node_modules\express\lib\response.js:938:7)
   at c:\Users\toumi\Desktop\workspaces\eclipse\ToDoList\todoList.js:13:6
   at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (c:\Users\toumi\Desktop\workspaces\eclipse\ToDoList\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:82:5)
   at next (c:\Users\toumi\Desktop\workspaces\eclipse\ToDoList\node_modules\express\lib\router\route.js:110:13)
   at Route.dispatch (c:\Users\toumi\Desktop\workspaces\eclipse\ToDoList\node_modules\express\lib\router\route.js:91:3)

How can I comment this code ?

Answer 1

There is two solutions:

• <%# comment %> ( it's from documentation )
• <%/* comment */%> ( it works too but it's pretty ugly and uncomfortable for use )

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I don't see difference between those examples except highlighting syntax in IDE ( example with Brackets IDE )