arrow function getting interpreted as closing tag

[Ankur-Khandelwal]

I want to use an arrow function inside an ejs scriplet tag as shown below: <button type="button" class="loveButton" id="<%= post._id %>" onclick=<% () => loveFunc(event) %> > However the arrowhead is being interpreted as the closing tag for the ejs tag there.

[jkalandarov]

If you already declared loveFunc function, why do you still want to use anonymous function? You can simply use onclick=<% loveFunc(event) %>

[Ankur-Khandelwal]

@jkalandarov because without using the anonymous function, the function is getting called even without clicking the button.

[Kalud-Z]

@Ankur-Khandelwal did you figure out how to do this ? Im stuck also

[Ankur-Khandelwal]

@Kalud-Z No, I couldn't.

[RyanZim]

You're confusing templating and HTML event attributes. You can't call a function in your EJS onclick.