Visual studio code is not recognising $ in javascript editor

Question

I am writing the following code in my VS code editor.

let name="Sam";
const   val =  "I am  $ {name}";

console.log(val);

when I display it in console it should display" I am Sam" .But it is printing "I am $ {name}"

I have added extention of "JS ES6" and "Live Server" I am a beginner and unable to understand what I am doing wrong.

Use backticks `, not quotes ". Also it's ${name} not $ {name}. — Jeremy Thille
– Jeremy Thille, Commented Oct 21, 2021 at 14:59

Jeremy Thille · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-21 15:01:31Z

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You need to define it as a template string, replace the " with ` and for the variable you have to remove the space between $ and {

let name="Sam";
const myval = `I am ${name}`;

console.log(myval);

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answered Oct 21, 2021 at 15:00

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I took the liberty to make a snippet so we can see your code in action.