Properties

Lodash exposes two public properties directly on _: the library version, and the default template delimiters used by template.

`_.VERSION`

string — the semantic version number of the loaded build.

_.VERSION;
// => '4.18.1'

`_.templateSettings`

Object — the default template delimiters used by _.template, styled like embedded Ruby (ERB) and ES2015 template strings. Change these settings to use alternative delimiters across every template call that doesn't pass its own options.

⚠️See Security before using _.template. It executes compiled template strings as JavaScript and the project advises against using it with untrusted input.

Property	Type	Description
`_.templateSettings.escape`	`RegExp`	Detects `data` property values to HTML-escape.
`_.templateSettings.evaluate`	`RegExp`	Detects code to be evaluated.
`_.templateSettings.imports`	`Object`	Variables imported into the compiled template as free variables. Includes `imports._`, a reference to the `lodash` function itself, so templates can call Lodash methods directly.
`_.templateSettings.interpolate`	`RegExp`	Detects `data` property values to inject.
`_.templateSettings.variable`	`string`	The name used to reference the data object inside the template.

// Use custom template delimiters for every template compiled after this line.
_.templateSettings.interpolate = /{{([\s\S]+?)}}/g;

var compiled = _.template('hello {{ user }}!');
compiled({ user: 'mustache' });
// => 'hello mustache!'

Lodash reads _.templateSettings when you call template, not when the compiled function runs.

If a change doesn't seem to take effect, see Changing template settings doesn't affect an already-compiled template.

Next steps

Full _.template signature and options: String methods.
_.template security guidance: Security.