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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 11, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/assiging-an-attribute-in-rhtml/49953 "2005-12-11T00:06:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:**  [@jason](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/assiging-an-attribute-in-rhtml/49953/1 "2005-12-11T00:06:26Z")
This might be a stupid question, but I am quite the noob and I can’t
find it in agile.
I have this in my html:
\<%= dynamic content %\>
and I want to put
\<%= dynamic content %\>
so I can put it as a target from another page.
cheers,
Jason
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**Author:**  [@jason](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/assiging-an-attribute-in-rhtml/49953/2 "2005-12-11T00:37:50Z")
On 12/10/05, Jason [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> \<%= dynamic content %\>
\<%= dynamic content
%\>
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**Author:**  [@jason](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/assiging-an-attribute-in-rhtml/49953/3 "2005-12-11T00:57:12Z")
jeremyevans0 wrote:
> On 12/10/05, Jason [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
>
> > \<%= dynamic content %\>
>
> \<%= dynamic content
> %\>
Thanks. I’m saying to myself duuuh! Brainfart.
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**Author:**  [@jason](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/assiging-an-attribute-in-rhtml/49953/4 "2005-12-11T01:30:43Z")
On Dec 10, 2005, at 3:06 PM, Jason wrote:
> Rails mailing list
> removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid
> [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)
Try this:
> \ \>\<%= dynamic content
> %\>
-Ezra Z.
WebMaster
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509-577-7732
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**Author:**  [@jason](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/assiging-an-attribute-in-rhtml/49953/5 "2005-12-11T01:38:57Z")
I’m a noob also. I believe the answer is to rap the @ruby\_variable
in the erb delimiters so
name=\<%=@ruby\_variable %\>
bruce
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**Author:**  [@jason](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/assiging-an-attribute-in-rhtml/49953/6 "2005-12-11T03:49:01Z")
You should quote the name. Avoid problems and make “good” html.
```
<%= dynamic content
```
%\>
My current project uses many of these for using same structure with
different
classes:
```
<%= dynamic
```
content
%\>
Also: ‘id’ should generally be used rather than ‘name’. I believe it’s
safe
to say that ‘id’ will respond
everywhere ‘name’ would, plus ‘id’ can be used as an object: xyz.style…
(But sometimes I use the same ‘name’ for multiple objects to do group
operations: document.all(‘myButtons’).style…)
Rich C.
----- Original Message -----
From: “Bruce B.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)
To: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Rails] assiging an attribute in rhtml
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**Author:**  [@jason](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/assiging-an-attribute-in-rhtml/49953/7 "2005-12-11T03:07:34Z")
brucebalmer wrote:
> I’m a noob also. I believe the answer is to rap the @ruby\_variable
> in the erb delimiters so
>
> name=\<%=@ruby\_variable %\>
>
> bruce
hey bruce, the solution jeremy posted works. I had thought that putting
putting ruby code \<%= @variable %\> in quotes ‘\<%= @variable %\>’ would
force a string and not ruby.
But that works.
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**Author:**  [@jason](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/assiging-an-attribute-in-rhtml/49953/8 "2005-12-12T20:49:32Z")
By way of correction of myself…
> Also: ‘id’ should generally be used rather than ‘name’. I believe it’s safe
> to say that ‘id’ will respond everywhere ‘name’ would…
You still need to use ‘name’ in form variables, ‘id’ is not adequate.
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