SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier when using ejs in nodejs

Question

I am following The Net Nijna's tutorial on youtube. I reached tutorial number 27, working with partials in ejs. Everything works until I add the <% include partials/nav.js %>, once I add this code I recieve:

SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier in (file location) testapp\views\profile.ejs while compiling ejs

If the above error is not helpful, you may want to try EJS-Lint: https://github.com/RyanZim/EJS-Lint Or, if you meant to create an async function, pass async: true as an option. at new Function ()..... blah blah blah...

If I remove it, my ejs all works fine.

  <body>
    <% include partials/nav.ejs %>

    <h1>Welcome to the profile of <%= person %> !</h1>
    <p><strong> Age: <%= data.age %></strong></p>

    <p><strong> Job: <%= data.job %></strong></p>
    <p><strong> Pet: <%= data.pet %></strong></p>
    <h2>Hobbies</h2>
    <ul>
      <% data.hobbies.forEach(function(item){ %>
        <li><%= item %></li>
      <%});%>
    </ul>
  </body>

can you help a student out? Thanks a ton!

Try <%- include('partials/nav') %> or <%- include partials/nav.ejs %> — Joseph Varilla
– Joseph Varilla, Commented Dec 31, 2019 at 1:13
tried the second one, didn't work but your first one did! BAM! Thanks a bajillion! — Magnus
– Magnus, Commented Dec 31, 2019 at 1:17

Joseph Varilla · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-31 02:13:36Z

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Missing hyphen and need to invoke the include function.

 <%- include('partials/nav') %>

edited Dec 31, 2019 at 2:13

answered Dec 31, 2019 at 1:18

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James_SO Over a year ago

For readers of Express in Action by Evan Hahn, this fixes an error in the code of the sample app in Chapter 3. Thanks Joseph!

Chris Catignani · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-23 00:11:35Z

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I was stuck at the same problem and used -include('#filename'); it worked

edited May 23, 2020 at 0:11

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tiff sea · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-12 23:05:14Z

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Use: <%- include('folder/file') %>

agreeing with @Joseph Varilla
Not necessary to include engine extension as this should have been done in app.js or index.js file

answered Jun 12, 2020 at 23:05

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