how to print literal { in front of mustache variable?

[connor11528]

I have a mustache template where I would like to surround the variables with {}

var output = Mustache.render('<td>{{{start.lat}}, {{start.lon}}}</td>', routeObj);

I'd like this to output a <td> with the string: {1.8978, 30.4545}

{{{ has special meaning in mustache so it doesn't work. Is there a way to escape the first { in mustache?

[alanhamlett]

Two ways I can think of:

1. temporarily set delimiter to something besides braces, then switch it back after printing the braces

   var output = Mustache.render('<td>{{=<% %>=}}{<% start.lat %>, <% start.lon %>}<%={{ }}=%></td>', routeObj);
   

2. use variables to print { and }

   routeObj.openbrace = '{';
   routeObj.closebrace = '}';
   var output = Mustache.render('<td>{{openbrace}}{{start.lat}}, {{start.lon}}{{closebrace}}</td>', routeObj);
   

[bobthecow]

What @alanhamlett said, also, html entities: { is {

[connor11528]

this all works. thanks!