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bravokiloecho
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Reputation: 1463

Split long jade array variable into multiple lines

Is there any way of writing an array that's defined within a jade template with line breaks and indendations, purely for ease of reading reasons.

For example, something like this:

- var array = [
-   ['a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','k','l','m','n'],
-   ['a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','k','l','m','n'],
-   ['a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','k','l','m','n'],
-   ['a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','k','l','m','n']
- ];

I've seen this answer about multiple lines in attribute values, but I don't think I can use the same answers here.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2095

Answers (2)

sooks
sooks

Reputation: 688

repeat of this question : Multi-Line Array Literal

You can use the - as a block. (adding any white spaces after the - will not work however, new line needs to follow immediately)

-
  var array = [
     'a',
     'b'
  ];

Upvotes: 1

saintedlama
saintedlama

Reputation: 6898

There is currently no elegant way to do this. You could work around your problem by using a variable for each array line

- var a1 = ['a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','k','l','m','n'];
- var a2 = ['a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','k','l','m','n'];
- var a3 = ['a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','k','l','m','n'];
- var a4 = ['a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','k','l','m','n'];
- var array = [a1, a2, a3, a4];

Or if you prefer a one dimensional array

- var array = [];
- array.push('a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','k','l','m','n');
- array.push('a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','k','l','m','n');
- array.push('a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','k','l','m','n');
- array.push('a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','k','l','m','n');

These are just work arounds since there is no elegant syntax to achieve this in jade currently.

Upvotes: 3

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