Another alternative, where appropriate, is to use the ruby debugger and break at the appropriate point to display the object using the debugger command line. Colin
2009/5/19 Benjamin Curtis <[email protected]> > In a view you can do this: > <%= debug @some_var %> > > In a controller or model you can do this: > > logger.info @some_var.inspect > > -- > Benjamin Curtis > http://railskits.com/ - Ready-made Rails code > http://catchthebest.com/ - Team-powered recruiting > http://www.bencurtis.com/ - Personal blog > > > > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Phlip <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Alex Pilon wrote: >> >> > def myaction >> > render :text myvar.inspect >> > end >> > >> > im also from a php background and am used to being able to do anything i >> > want anywhere in the app.. in rails its a bit weird to have to .. hack >> > out variable dumping.. but anyway i hope that helps.. >> >> def myaction >> raise myvar.inspect >> end >> >> that trick is in the book. However, you should have many unit tests >> ("functional" tests) for each of your actions, so you should be able to >> just do >> this: >> >> def myaction >> pp myvar >> end >> >> then run all the tests. >> >> -- >> Phlip >> http://flea.sourceforge.net/resume.html >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
