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JavaScript

shannon sivertsen
shannon sivertsen
8,258 Points
Posted by shannon sivertsen
shannon sivertsen
8,258 Points

Can someone help me understand this line of code?

token-${index}-${owner.id}

I'm not understanding what the -${} is doing.

Thanks!

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

Assuming that is enclosed in accents (`), it's a template string. Each identifier along with the braces and leading dollar sign will be replaced by the string representation of the value that the identifier contains. This process is called interpolation.

For example, if the variable "index" contains 3, and "owner.id" is "joe", then `token-${index}-${owner.id}` would be interpolated into the string "token-3-joe".

shannon sivertsen
shannon sivertsen
8,258 Points
shannon sivertsen
shannon sivertsen
8,258 Points

ah thanks! I wasn't sure if the dash was part of the code or part of the string. Makes more sense seeing the outcome. Thank you!

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points

The dollar sign and curly brackets indicate a placeholder in a template literal. See description here and expressions here for further explanation. In the code you provided the values for index and owner.id will be concatenated with the rest of the text.