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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

Posted by Jimmy Stafford
Jimmy Stafford
Courses Plus Student 11,998 Points

Challenge Task 1

Unsure if my values[key] reference is wrong or if there are other problems as well.

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("%first_name%", values[key]);
  }
  return content;
}


module.exports.merge = merge;

2 Answers

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points

Hey Jimmy,

your value[keys] reference is correct and I think your code should work like this. However you should dynamically replace the key between the % symbols. Right now you're hardcoding it with "%first_name%", so it would only work with this particular key. If you use the key instead of writing "first_name" directly it should work.

Like so:

function merge(content, values) {
  for(var key in values) {
    content = content.replace("%" + key + "%", values[key]);
  }
  return content;
}


module.exports.merge = merge;

Good luck! :)

Jimmy Stafford
PLUS
Jimmy Stafford
Courses Plus Student 11,998 Points
Jimmy Stafford
Jimmy Stafford
Courses Plus Student 11,998 Points

Thanks. I was so dead set on the second parameter being incorrect. I didn't bother to consider the first parameter.