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Bot Ellis
Bot Ellis

Reputation: 128

EJS cant find a closing tag for some reason

If the variable <%= active %> is mycontent I want to add a button

<% if (<%= active %> === "mycontent" ){ %>
    <div class="myContent-container">
        <button class="btn btn-main-bg">Create</button>
    </div>
  <% } %>

But the website says that

Error: Could not find matching close tag for "<%".
at C:\Users\tlege\OneDrive\Masaüstü\Site(1.0)\node_modules\ejs\lib\ejs.js:740:19
at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
at Template.generateSource (C:\Users\tlege\OneDrive\Masaüstü\Site(1.0)\node_modules\ejs\lib\ejs.js:730:15)
at Template.compile (C:\Users\tlege\OneDrive\Masaüstü\Site(1.0)\node_modules\ejs\lib\ejs.js:585:12)
at Object.compile (C:\Users\tlege\OneDrive\Masaüstü\Site(1.0)\node_modules\ejs\lib\ejs.js:396:16)
at handleCache (C:\Users\tlege\OneDrive\Masaüstü\Site(1.0)\node_modules\ejs\lib\ejs.js:233:18)
at tryHandleCache (C:\Users\tlege\OneDrive\Masaüstü\Site(1.0)\node_modules\ejs\lib\ejs.js:272:16)
at View.exports.renderFile [as engine] (C:\Users\tlege\OneDrive\Masaüstü\Site(1.0)\node_modules\ejs\lib\ejs.js:489:10)
at View.render (C:\Users\tlege\OneDrive\Masaüstü\Site(1.0)\node_modules\express\lib\view.js:135:8)
at tryRender (C:\Users\tlege\OneDrive\Masaüstü\Site(1.0)\node_modules\express\lib\application.js:640:10)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 458

Answers (1)

Bot Ellis
Bot Ellis

Reputation: 128

The answer was so simple. All I had to do was to remove <%= and =%> from the code. Because its already a code block, it doesnt require extra ejs characters.

So the answer should be this:

<% if (active === "mycontent" ){ %>
<div class="myContent-container">
    <button class="btn btn-main-bg">Create</button>
</div>
<% } %>

Upvotes: 1

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