On Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 1:46:22 PM UTC-4, Walter Lee Davis wrote: > > > > On Jun 7, 2018, at 12:48 PM, fugee ohu <fuge...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > how do i get options as well as values from select_tags in my controller > or how do i lookup the options I have states stored in my User model as > STATE_TYPES which looks like ["Alabamba", "AL"] ... How do I reference the > element in the hash for AL so I can display Alabama in my views instead of > AL Thanks in advance > > > > Browsers only ever send the name of the field and its value. That's the > only thing the parameters will ever include. Since you created the select > tag, you know what you created it from, and you can reverse out the label > from the value. As I have pointed out to you before, you can start with a > struct or a nested array and maintain this dictionary of labels and values > in such a way that the collection_select helper can build from it, then > turn around and use that same data structure to decode the value that the > client sends you. > > Look back in the list to May 15th, where I suggested you use to_h to make > a hash out of your array, and then search it. > > Walter > > > Thanks
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