On Dec 30, 6:39 pm, webbieguy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a very simple problem. I am a newbie to rails and for the life > of me can't figure out why a simple incrementing loop is not printing > to screen correctly. I know this has to be something simple but can't > find anything specific to my problem. > > <%= > for i in 0..10 do > puts "i is now #{i}" > end > %> > Because in a view you don't use puts (puts either goes nowhere or to a logfile somewhere). The <%= stuff the result of the chunk of code into the view, for a 'for' statement like you've got there then the result is the thing iterated over (ie 0..10).
you want something more like <% looping construct of your choice do %> i is now <%= i %> <% end %> Fred > Prints to screen "0..10" as opposed to what I want: > > 0 > 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 6 > 7 > 8 > 9 > 10 > > Can someone help me with this very simple problem. I have tried > until, .times, and while loops to no avail. So there must be some type > of syntax magic I am missing. > > Thanks in advance, > Justin -- 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.
