Basic Node and Express - Use the .env File

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I have created process.env, set MESSAGE_STYLE=uppercase and
used require(‘dotenv’).config() in myApp.js, but my process.env.MESSAGE_STYLE variable seems to be empty when being read in my if statement. Can anyone advise? Thanks.

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Basic Node and Express - Use the .env File

wrong filename, the file should be named exactly .env starting with the dot