On 1 June 2010 16:18, Matt Royer <[email protected]> wrote: > Peter Hickman wrote: >> you could create a method called >> >> def leading_zeros(number) >> "%05d" % number >> end >> >> and then call it >> >> "#{leading_zeros order.id}#{order.name}" >> > > Thanks Peter! > > I put the method in the application_helper.rb file: > > ---- > def leading_zeros(number) > "%05d" % number > end > ---- > > And then put the following like you said: > > ---- > #{leading_zeros order.id} #{order.name}"
You have a missing " on the front, but that may just be an copy/paste error > ---- > > It's giving me this error when I refresh my view: > > ---- > NoMethodError in Orders#index > Showing app/views/orders/index.html.erb where line #9 raised: > > undefined method `leading_zeros' for "00009":String Are you sure line 9 of that file is the one you have shown above? Have you remembered to save the file? Colin -- 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.
