On Sep 29, 1:53 am, foxpro <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I am very new to Ruby and Rails, am trying to understand the syntax of
> it. I got this code from a book but can't understand what does "</
> option>"end.to_s" do. Here is the complete "view" code. Note: This
> code works fine
>
This is mostly just confusingly formatted. Another way to write it
would be
<% languages = ["Ruby", "Java", "C#"].map { |lang| "<option>#{lang}</
option>" }.to_s %>
You're also following some very old examples - at least 2 years old.
Fred
> <h2>A Simple Form</h2>
> <%= start_form_tag(:action => "show_formdata") %>
> <p>Text Field:
> <%= text_field_tag("name", "Aneesha") %></p>
> <p>Drop-down Selection Box:
> <% languages = ["Ruby", "Java", "C#"].map do |lang|
> "<option>#{lang}</option>"end.to_s %>
>
> <%= select_tag("prog_languages[]", languages, :multiple => "true")
> %></p>
> <p>Checkboxes:
> <%= check_box_tag("operating_systems[]", "Windows") %>Windows
> <%= check_box_tag("operating_systems[]", "Linux") %>Linux
> <%= check_box_tag("operating_systems[]", "Mac") %>Mac
>
> </p>
> <%= submit_tag("Submit Form") %>
> <%= end_form_tag %>
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