On 28 August 2014 14:14, Dave Castellano <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > The hyperlink below is being evaluated to "questions/www.somewhere.com": > > q = eval(question) # Converts (evaluates) the question string from the > database back into code. > > question =" > ... from a light source is equal to the <a > href='www.somewhere.com'>index of refraction</a> (n) divided by the > distance (in meters) of the light rays..." > > > Can anyone point me in the right direction as to why "questions" is > being prepended to the route and how to avoid that from happening.
What is the content of q after assigning the eval to it? As you have described it I would have expected that to generate a runtime error: 1.8.7-p374 :003 > question ="... from a light source is equal to the <a> href='www.somewhere.com'>index of refraction</a> (n) divided by the distance (in meters) of the light rays..." => "... from a light source is equal to the <a> href='www.somewhere.com'>index of refraction</a> (n) divided by the distance (in meters) of the light rays..." 1.8.7-p374 :004 > eval(question) SyntaxError: (eval):1:in `irb_binding': compile error (eval):1: syntax error, unexpected tDOT3 ... from a light source is equal ... ^ Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CAL%3D0gLvAhvux7h3fGQ-Q9B8h6b9rbqFCWXfVGu0AedU5OVcmfQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
