For loops in ejs - html

Question

I have a array containing some html content like this.
const articleArray=['<p>first text</p>\r\n','<p>second text></p>\r\n','<p>third text</p>\r\n']
I need to render this in an ejs file through a get request
request.render('viewArticles',{array : articleArray})
where 'viewArticles' is an ejs file. I have used the middleware to set the view engine as ejs.
This is the code in ejs
<% for(arr in array) {%>
arr
<% } %>
I am not able to render any html. How to solve this?

Answer 1

'<%- %>' this is help to print html code as it is.
<% 'Scriptlet' tag, for control-flow, no output
<%_ ‘Whitespace Slurping’ Scriptlet tag, strips all whitespace before it
<%= Outputs the value into the template (HTML escaped)
<%- Outputs the unescaped value into the template
<%# Comment tag, no execution, no output
<%% Outputs a literal '<%'
%> Plain ending tag
-%> Trim-mode ('newline slurp') tag, trims following newline
_%> ‘Whitespace Slurping’ ending tag, removes all whitespace after it
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<% array.forEach(function(item) {%>
<%-item%>
<% }) %>

Answer 2

Try this
<% array.forEach(function(item,index){ %>
<%= item %>
<% }) %>

Answer 3

I'm not really sure how to do what you want exactly , but take a look at this:
First, instead of you creating an array of HTML elements, how about you create an array of objects, like so :
const articles = [{text: "first text"} , {text: "second text"}, {text: "third text"}];
this way you just have to write the HTML once, and I am fairly new to programming but I don't see a scenario where you would get a response in HTML, usually you query a database for data or from a JSON file... and assuming the array is actually getting passed to the .ejs file, lets iterate though it,
<% for(let a of articles){ %>
<p> <%= a.text %> </p>
</br>
<% } %>
If the array is NOT getting passed, check for these in your code :
// If you installed
..."dependencies" : {
"ejs": "x.x.x",
} //Check the package.json file
// If you imported correctly
import ejs = require("ejs");
// If you specified the views path
app.set("views", path.join(__dirname, "views"));
// And the views engine
app.set("view engine", "ejs");
// And your route
request.render('viewArticles',{ articles : articles }) // Check if the file name is correct, I get this wrong many times