What is print_r in rails

Rails
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hey,

i know u have in php print_r or echo, so that the browser print the
variable on
top of page, no matter what

what is this in rails?? put doesnt seem to work

Thanks
Nick

2

On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 15:56 +0000, Brutyn N. wrote:

hey,

i know u have in php print_r or echo, so that the browser print the variable on
top of page, no matter what

what is this in rails?? put doesnt seem to work

You can use breakpointing, or given @foo:

<%= @foo.inspect %>

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3

i think you are looking for debug

http://rails.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/DebugHelper.html#M000367