create anonymous function with optional argument in Coffeescript

Question

I'm new to Coffeescript and I'm having trouble turning this Javascript:

Handlebars.registerHelper("debug", function(optionalValue) {
  console.log("Current Context");
  console.log("====================");
  console.log(this);

  if (optionalValue) {
    console.log("Value");
    console.log("====================");
    console.log(optionalValue);
  }
});

Into working Coffeescript. The part that I'm hung up on is, I think, how to pass the "debug" argument to the registerHelper function, and also pass in an anonymous function that takes an optional argument.

This syntax:

Handlebars.registerHelper: "debug", -> (optionalValue)
  console.log("Current Context")
  console.log("====================")
  console.log(this)

  if optionalValue
    console.log("Value")
    console.log("====================")

Is not working for me.

paulthenerd · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-07 16:05:16Z

5

You have the param and the -> reversed.
You also don't need the semi-colon since you are calling the registerHelper function.

Handlebars.registerHelper "debug", (optionalValue) -> 
 console.log("Current Context")
 console.log("====================")
 console.log(this)

 if optionalValue
  console.log("Value")
  console.log("====================")
  console.log(optionalValue)

Which compiles out from coffeescript to javascript as:

Handlebars.registerHelper("debug", function(optionalValue) {
  console.log("Current Context");
  console.log("====================");
  console.log(this);
  if (optionalValue) {
    console.log("Value");
    console.log("====================");
    return console.log(optionalValue);
  }
});

answered Oct 7, 2011 at 16:05

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adriandz Over a year ago

Thanks very much for the response - I appreciate you taking the time to reply. Works perfectly.

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