String interpolation not working

[rottmanj]

For some odd reason, string interpolation is not working from with in my js files.

I have the following bit of javascript. What should happen is that the string #{validate_username_broker_userdesk_accounts_path} should be calculated and the string replaced. How ever this is not working.

$("#user_username").focusout(function(){
    username = 
    $.ajax({
        type: 'POST',
        url: "#{validate_username_broker_userdesk_accounts_path}",
        data: { username : $('#user_username').val() },
        success: function(data){
            if(data.results)
            {
                $('#user_username').addClass( "ui-state-error" );
            }else
            {
                $('#user_username').removeClass( "ui-state-error" );
            }
        },
        dataType: 'json'
    }); 
});

This js files is located in public/javascripts/broker/userdesk/accounts/account_user_new.js

This is what my assets.yml looks like

embed_assets: on

javascripts: accounts_user_new:

• public/javascripts/broker/userdesk/accounts/accounts_user_new.js

[jashkenas]

Nope -- JavaScript files are JavaScript files -- they don't get preprocessed by Ruby.

If you'd like to pass app-specific data for your JavaScript to use, just load it as JSON into your page.

[rottmanj]

jashkenas,

Something to add to this, when even using js.erb string interpolation still does not work.