javascriptnode.jsecmascript-6

I am not being able to use my ES6 syntax in node.JS

I've updated node to the latest version. Here's a piece of code

const fs = require('fs');

const textIn = fs.readFileSync('./txt/input.txt','utf-8'); 
console.log(textIn);

const textOut = 'This is what we know: ${textIn}.\nCreated on ${Date.now()}';
fs.writeFileSync('./txt/output.txt', textOut);
console.log('File Written!');

The problem is I could generate an output file while ${textIn} is taken as a string

Solution

  • You are using template literals, so you need backticks instead of double or single quotes:

    const textOut = `This is what we know: ${textIn}.\nCreated on ${Date.now()}`;