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

Custom flexible interpolation:

var sourceElm = document.querySelector('input')

// interpolation callback
const onInterpolate = s => `${s}`

// listen to "input" event
sourceElm.addEventListener('input', parseInput) 

// parse on window load
parseInput() 

// input element parser
function parseInput(){
  var html = interpolate(sourceElm.value, undefined, onInterpolate)
  sourceElm.nextElementSibling.innerHTML = html;
}

// the actual interpolation 
function interpolate(str, interpolator = ["{{", "}}"], cb){
  // split by "start" pattern
  return str.split(interpolator[0]).map((s1, i) => {
    // first item can be safely ignored
	  if( i == 0 ) return s1;
    // for each splited part, split again by "end" pattern 
    const s2 = s1.split(interpolator[1]);

    // is there's no "closing" match to this part, rebuild it
    if( s1 == s2[0]) return interpolator[0] + s2[0]
    // if this split's result as multiple items' array, it means the first item is between the patterns
    if( s2.length > 1 ){
        s2[0] = s2[0] 
          ? cb(s2[0]) // replace the array item with whatever
          : interpolator.join('') // nothing was between the interpolation pattern
    }

    return s2.join('') // merge splited array (part2)
  }).join('') // merge everything 
}

input{ 
  padding:5px; 
  width: 100%; 
  box-sizing: border-box;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

*{
  font: 14px Arial;
  padding:5px;
}