Templater Parsing error when trying to create a Daily Note Template

[LionelRevenge]

I'm trying to set up a template for my Daily Notes, specifically something like this:

but when i try to set up the Template, i probably mess up something and the console keeps returning me this:

plugin:templater-obsidian:6 Templater Error: Template parsing error, aborting.
Template syntax error: Unexpected token '='

I tried asking copilot and chat-gpt but they keep pasting the same code saying it works.. maybe it's some configuration I didn't set correctly.
I use Italian as first language, what i'm trying to do is get day and month with the first capital letter since in Italian the normal template function ( {{date:dddd D MMMM}} ) returns all words lower case

Here is the code

Check Nota: [writing:: true]
<%*
let day = tp.date.now("dddd");
let isWorkDay = ["Lunedì", "Martedì", "Mercoledì", "Giovedì", "Venerdì"].includes(day);
%>
Giorno Lavorativo: [work:: <% if (isWorkDay) { %>true<% } else { %>false<% } %>]
Studio:  

## <%= tp.date.now("dddd") %> <%= tp.date.now("D") %> <%= tp.date.now("MMMM") %>

[Zachatoo]

What are the <%= intended to do? That isn't documented anywhere here https://silentvoid13.github.io/Templater/commands/overview.html

I would try switching out the <%= for <%

[Zachatoo]

Also you can only use block JS logic (such as if) in an execution command (<%*). That's not the error you're getting but you'll likely see another error after you your current error

[LionelRevenge]

Thanks for the tips!
i managed to get it to work modifying the code with your instructions.

sadly, the main problem still remains,

as you can see, the template generates the date in lowercase, i'm trying to generate day and month name with the first letter in Upper case

now at least it compiles

[LionelRevenge]

Nevermind, i've managed to make it work using variables

it can still be improved by a lot, but here's the code that works for me

<%* 
const day = tp.date.now("dddd");
const dayCapitalized = day.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + day.slice(1);
const month = tp.date.now("MMMM");
const monthCapitalized = month.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + month.slice(1);

if (["Lunedì", "Martedì", "Mercoledì", "Giovedì", "Venerdì"].includes(dayCapitalized)) { 
%>
Giorno Lavorativo: [work:: true]
<%* } %>

## <% dayCapitalized %> <% tp.date.now("D") %> <% monthCapitalized %>