Thank you much. I get it now! On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Michael Pavling <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 31 August 2010 20:24, Todd Weeks <[email protected]> wrote: > > Im not getting the output I expect. In the tutorial I am doing. It is > > suppose to just write the values to the browser. > > Which would write a,b,c to the browser and shouldn't also be showing the > > array brackets or double quotes. > > Then I would be able to continue to call the values of the array and > write > > the results to a browser using ruby code within the erb file. > > My question: Whats wrong with the code I'm writing? > > There's nothing wrong with your code, it's working perfectly. But if > you want to iterate the array, there are several ways. > Most commonly, you can use ".each": > > <% array = ['a','b','c'] %> > <% array.each do |element| %> > <%= element %> > <% end %> > > but if the format you've noted is specific ("a,b,c") then you can use > the ".join" method: > > <% array = ['a','b','c'] %> > <%= array.join(", ") %> > > > I would recommend having a play with the Enumerable and Array API pages: > http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Enumerable.html > http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Array.html > > Rails add more functionality to these, but getting a grasp on the Ruby > will help. > > -- > 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]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- Warm Regards, Todd Weeks [email protected] 801.814.9084 -- 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.
