How to declare variable in EJS?

Question

I want to display array results in my database on the frontend using EJS.

So I have the following code:

 var tagss = ["<%tags%>"]  
    <% for(var i=0; i<tagss.length; i++) { %>

            <a href='<%= tagss[i] %>'> <%= tagss[i] %> </a>

            </a>

    <% } %>

But error message keeps telling me that tagss is undefined

Here is the full message:

full message:


ReferenceError: C:\xampp\htdocs\meme.africa\views\pages\meme.ejs:171
    169| 

    170|  var tagss = ["<%tags%>"]  

 >> 171|     <% for(var i=0; i<tagss.length; i++) { %>

    172|         

    173|             <a href='<%= tagss[i] %>'> <%= tagss[i] %> </a>

    174|                


tagss is not defined

Please, what am I doing wrong?

The stuff inside <% %> is JS. The rest is the template. You need to make it code, not template. Like you did everywhere else you used it. — Dave Newton
– Dave Newton, Commented May 29, 2018 at 17:18

Henock Bongi · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-17 11:01:05Z

6

I think you can declare it like this

<% var myTags = []; %>

I hope it's not too late

answered Jul 17, 2021 at 11:01

Henock Bongi

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