Using template literals in JSON (discord.js)

I have this JSON object:

"question": "The question, asked by ${users[index]}, was: nn${questions[index]}."

"question": "The question, asked by ${users[index]}, was: nn${questions[index]}."

in a file called "config.json". In a separate file named "app.js", I have this line of code:

message.channel.send(config.question);

message.channel.send(config.question);

When the code runs, message.channel.send(config.question) outputs:

message.channel.send(config.question)

The question, asked by ${users[index]}, was:

${questions[index]}.

Is there any way to treat ${users[index]} and ${questions[index]} as template literals? Essentially I want the output to be something like this:

${users[index]}

${questions[index]}

The question, asked by Steve, was:

Hello world!.

(assuming users[index] == "Steve" and questions[index] == "Hello World!")

users[index] == "Steve"

questions[index] == "Hello World!"

I searched around for answers, but they all came to using additional Javascript or saying it's not possible. Why, then, if it's not possible, would this work?:

message.channel.send("The question, asked by ${users[index]}, was: nn${questions[index]}");
outputs:

message.channel.send("The question, asked by ${users[index]}, was: nn${questions[index]}");

The question, asked by Steve, was:

Hello world!.

2 Answers
2

To do string interpolation in JavaScript, you need to use backtick (`) for the string literal.

For example:

`The answer is ${myVar}!`


will interpolate myVar into your string.

myVar

question

message.channel.send("`" + config.question + "`")

This would work:

message.channel.send(eval('`'+config.question+'`'))


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