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JavaScript Express Basics (2015) Using Templates with Express The “response.render” Method

Posted by ryanosten
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ryanosten
PHP Development Techdegree Student 29,615 Points

Why do I have to use a '|' character in the p element in order to render #{post.description}?

In the p:

p | #{post.description}

If I remove the '|' the text will not render. why?

matthewharrington2
matthewharrington2
Courses Plus Student 13,219 Points
matthewharrington2
matthewharrington2
Courses Plus Student 13,219 Points

I think that the single pipe is used when the content was moved down to the next line but should be processed as a single line.

Also, if you indent the pipe, it seems to add a 16px margin before and after the <p>.

I couldn't find any docs on it so this is what I found from some trial and error.

1 Answer

Ben Myhre
Ben Myhre
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Ben Myhre
Ben Myhre
28,726 Points

This is more a function of pugjs rather than Node or Express.

https://pugjs.org/language/plain-text.html

It looks like the pipe is NOT needed if all on one line. It is needed if on multiple. It appears that it is literally piping the functionality of the 'p' tag into the text. Without the pipe, it appears that it would be a child command.