String Concatenation and Expressions
There are two different ways to work with variables and strings in Pliant:
The JavaScript + operator
Template Literals
The JavaScript + operator
In any Pliant parameter, you can use the JS + operator to “add” strings and variables together.
'Hello' + ' ' + 'World'
Here are a few examples in Pliant:
Template Literals
Template literals tend to be more useful when you have a multiline or a more complex piece of text into which you want to insert variable values. In a template literal expression, you wrap the string in backticks (`
), and then inside the string you can use variables in a ${$variable_name} format.
Making a BASH script to install a version of etcd on an Ubuntu Linux host:
Building an etcd config file (first half):