Print variables inside jade file

Question

I want to print default value for my forms textarea i have bellow code

 textarea(class="form-control",name="details")
     if restaurant.details
          #{restaurant.details}

but if my value ( restaurant.details ) is set it will apears like tag not text, how can print text inside my textarea?

Answer 1

Use the | operator:

 textarea(class="form-control",name="details")
     if restaurant.details
       | #{restaurant.details}

codepen

From the docs

The simplest way of adding plain text to templates is to prefix the line with a | character (pronounced "pipe").

Answer 2

By using !{...} instead of #{...}, you will get string exactly without compilation / interpolation.