Difference between String Interpolation and String concatenation

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#1

Hello Code Academy Community,

I am trying to understand the difference between String interpolation and String concatenation.

Let’s take the following example:

If I want as an output to have the following sentence: "I own a pet armadillo. "

I can do either with a simple String concatenation :

const myPet = 'armadillo'; 
console.log('I own a pet' + ' ' + myPet);
// Output:  I own a pet armadillo.

Or with a String Interpolation:

const myPet = 'armadillo';
console.log(`I own a pet ${myPet}.`);
// Output: I own a pet armadillo.

What is the difference? When should I use the String Interpolation or the String Concatenation?

Link of the course: https://www.codecademy.com/courses/introduction-to-javascript/lessons/variables/exercises/string-interpolation-ii

Thanks,
Benjamin.

#2

String interpolation/template literals where introduced in a JavaScript update (ES6). I find the template literals easier to read and work with, and would preferable use them, however:

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IE does not support template literals. So then either: inform users your website does not support IE or you would need to transpile to ES5 (earlier version) using something like babel.