Template strings in JavaScript.


Template were introduced in ES6 to allow embed expressions inside a string. Instead of ‘’ or “” quotation marks they use the backticks (``). They offer a much better way of string interpolation and expressions can be embedded in a way like ${a+b}. It offers a much nicer syntax than the + operator.

Following is the code for template strings in JavaScript −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Document</title>
<style>
   body {
      font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
   }
   .result {
      font-size: 20px;
      font-weight: 500;
      color: blueviolet;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Template strings in JavaScript</h1>
<div class="result"></div>
<button class="Btn">CLICK HERE</button>
<h3>Click on the above button to add two numbers and display them</h3>
<script>
   let resEle = document.querySelector(".result");
   let a = 22;
   let b = 44;
   function add(a, b) {
      return a + b;
   }
   document.querySelector(".Btn").addEventListener("click", () => {
      resEle.innerHTML = `The sum of ${a} and ${b} = ${add(a, b)}`;
   });
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

On clicking the ‘CLICK HERE’ button −

Updated on: 17-Jul-2020

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