How to get an if statement to work?

[midas0441]

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created: 2021-07-17 Sat 17:16:03
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I am having a bit of trouble with a template that contains a rather simple if statement. The template is called tester with the code below:

<%*
  let title = tp.file.title;
  let tags = "replacethis";
  if (title.startsWith("tryme")) {
				let title = "tryme " + tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD");
				let tags = "tryme"; 
				}
	tR += tags;
%>
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created: <% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD") %>
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<% tp.file.cursor() %>

In an empty note named tryme, I invoked the above template. The output is:

replacethis
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created: 2021-07-17
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The Expected Result was:

tryme
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created: 2021-07-17
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If I move tR+=tags; inside the if statement, it produces the Expected Result. So, the code is obviously getting inside the if statement, as expected. But, why doesn't the original code produce the Expected Result?

[megclaypool]

On lines 5 and 6 you have:

let title = "tryme " + tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD");
let tags = "tryme"; 

I think by using the let keyword here, you are redeclaring the variables. let variables are scope limited, so those values only apply inside that function block. Try getting rid of the let on both those lines, and see if your function works as expected 😀

[midas0441]

thank you, @megclaypool! It would've never occurred to me to look into the let statement. I am learning on the fly and am grateful for your tip.