How can I do string interpolation in JavaScript?

Question

Consider this code:

var age = 3;

console.log(\"I\'m \" + age + \" years old!\");

Are there any other ways to insert the value of a variabl

Answer 1

tl;dr

Use ECMAScript 2015's Template String Literals, if applicable.

Explanation

There is no direct way to do it, as per ECMAScript 5 specifications, but ECMAScript 6 has template strings, which were also known as quasi-literals during the drafting of the spec. Use them like this:

> var n = 42;
undefined
> `foo${n}bar`
'foo42bar'

You can use any valid JavaScript expression inside the {}. For example:

> `foo${{name: 'Google'}.name}bar`
'fooGooglebar'
> `foo${1 + 3}bar`
'foo4bar'

The other important thing is, you don't have to worry about multi-line strings anymore. You can write them simply as

> `foo
...     bar`
'foo\n    bar'

Note: I used io.js v2.4.0 to evaluate all the template strings shown above. You can also use the latest Chrome to test the above shown examples.

Note: ES6 Specifications are now finalized, but have yet to be implemented by all major browsers.
According to the Mozilla Developer Network pages, this will be implemented for basic support starting in the following versions: Firefox 34, Chrome 41, Internet Explorer 12. If you're an Opera, Safari, or Internet Explorer user and are curious about this now, this test bed can be used to play around until everyone gets support for this.