Jade/Pug if else condition usage

Question

I'm sending a date to a .jade file from my .js file using Node.js. When the #{date} field is false, it executes the else and print man as it's answer. What could be going wrong?

if #{date} == false
  | #{date}
else
  | man

Answer 1

If date is false, do you want to output the string 'man'? If yes, your if and else statements are the wrong way around...

How about:

if date
  = date
else
  | man

or even:

| #{date ? date : 'man'}

or simply:

| #{date || 'man'}

Answer 2

Within if expression you write plain variable names, without #{...}

if date == false
  | #{date}
else
  | man