dollar sign $ as an assignment operator for a value of string in vs code ( js ) does not work or highlighted

Question

function sayHello (userName)  {
    console.log ('Hello ${userName}') ;
}

sayHello ('Mena') ;

function sayHello (userName)  {
    console.log ('Hello ${userName}') ;
}

sayHello ('mena') ;

// i expected to show say ( Hello Mena ) in the console //

Answer 1

You need to use backticks(`) instead of (').

Example:

function sayHello (userName) {
    console.log (`Hello ${userName}`);
}