Why EJS generates spaces between each iteration of a forEach loop?

Question

EJS generates spaces between each iteration of a forEach loop.

Here is my code:

   <tr>
        <th scope="row">Autre(s) demandeur(s) (membre)</th>
        <td>
            <% request.other_full_members.forEach(function (member, i){ %>
            <%= member.name%><% if (i !== request.other_full_member.length -1) { %>,<% } %>
            <% }) %>
        </td>
    </tr>

And the result look like this:

This is not a problem for the display of the page. The problem comes when I want to export the table to.xlsx. The file is filled with unnecessary space.

Answer 1

The spaces in your template are being displayed. Try something like this:

<tr>
  <th scope="row">Autre(s) demandeur(s) (membre)</th>
  <td>
    <%
      request.other_full_members.forEach(function (member, i){
    %><%=
      member.name%><% if (i !== request.other_full_member.length -1) { %>,<% }
    %><%
      })
    %>
  </td>
</tr>