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Start your free trialAjay Yadav
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 18,261 Pointsbug
why it is not working?.help me to find out
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 :)";
var fs=require("fs");
function merge(content, values) {
for(var key in values){
content=content.replace("{"+ key +"}",values[key]);
}
return content;
}
function(templateName,values,response){
var fileContents = fs.readFileSync('./views/' + templateName + '.html');
fileContents=merge(values,fileContents)
reponse.write(fileContents);
}
module.exports.merge = merge;
1 Answer
Seth Kroger
56,413 PointsYour merge function is replacing any placeholders surrounded by curly-braces, "{}", but that those aren't the same characters marking placeholders in your template.