How do I put variables inside javascript strings?

javascript string node.js
TIMEX picture TIMEX · Oct 17, 2011 · Viewed 256.2k times · Source 
s = 'hello %s, how are you doing' % (my_name)

That's how you do it in python. How can you do that in javascript/node.js?

Answer

Sridhar picture Sridhar · Sep 21, 2015

With Node.js v4 , you can use ES6's Template strings

var my_name = 'John';
var s = `hello ${my_name}, how are you doing`;
console.log(s); // prints hello John, how are you doing

You need to wrap string within backtick ` instead of '

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