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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 24, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditional-statements-in-rhtml/83260 "2007-01-24T19:10:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:**  [@rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rvent)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditional-statements-in-rhtml/83260/1 "2007-01-24T19:10:36Z")
Hello i was wondering is there was any way of using an IF statement in a
.rhtml…?
So far i have this:
**State:** \<%= if @boards.running == "1" render :text =\> "Running" %\>
What i want to do is to evaluate a column’s value and depending on its
value render a text. On the line above i want to render Running if
@boards.running is == 1 else render Waiting…?
Can i do that the way i looking at it…?
Any ideas…
Thanks
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**Author:**  [@rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rvent)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditional-statements-in-rhtml/83260/2 "2007-01-24T20:29:26Z")
You can embed any ruby code in RHTML - that is what the R stands for -
by putting the code in between \<% %\> or \<%=%\>
Try this:
**State:** \<%if @boards.running == "1" %\> \<%= render :text =\> "Running" %\> \<%else%\> \<%= render :text =\> "Waiting" %\> \<%end%\>
you might be able to embed the whole code block in a \<%=%\> - give it a
try.
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**Author:**  [@rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rvent)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditional-statements-in-rhtml/83260/3 "2007-01-24T22:40:02Z")
Hummm… That didnt work… It didnt give me any errors, but the test
wont show up…
here is what i have:
**State:**
\<% if @boards.running == “1” %\>
\<%= render :text =\> “Running” %\>
\<% else %\>
\<%= render :text =\> “Waiting” %\>
\<% end %\>
I also tried:
**State:** \<%= render
:action =\> ‘state’ %\>
and in the controller i have
def state
bstate = Boards.find(@params[“id”])
```
if bstate.running == "1"
render :text => "Running"
else
render :text => "Waiting"
end
end
```
None of them worked, yet it didnt give me any errors…
Any ideas…?
Thanks
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**Author:**  [@rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rvent)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditional-statements-in-rhtml/83260/4 "2007-01-25T03:29:25Z")
> Hello i was wondering is there was any way of using an IF statement in a
> .rhtml…?
>
> So far i have this:
>
> **State:** \<%= if @boards.running == "1" render :text =\> "Running" %\>
\<…\>
\<%= @boards.running==1?‘Running’:‘Waiting’ %\>
## Regards, Rimantas
[http://rimantas.com/](http://rimantas.com/)
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**Author:**  [@rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rvent)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditional-statements-in-rhtml/83260/5 "2007-01-25T17:36:57Z")
Ro Vent wrote:
> ```
> State:
> <% if @boards.running == "1" %>
> <%= render :text => "Running" %>
> <% else %>
> <%= render :text => "Waiting" %>
> <% end %>
>
>
> ```
The excess %\>\<% freak me out.
```
<%= render :text => if @boards.running == "1"
"Running"
else
"Waiting"
end %>
```
Idiomatic but legible!
–
Phlip
[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand) ← NOT a blog!!
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**Author:**  [@rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rvent)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditional-statements-in-rhtml/83260/6 "2007-01-25T17:47:00Z")
On Jan 25, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Ro Vent wrote:
> Cool, thanks… But on my previous post i did the same thing, you
>
> It is basically the same thing…
> > 1==“1”
> > =\> false
Rob B. [http://agileconsultingllc.com](http://agileconsultingllc.com)
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**Author:**  [@rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rvent)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditional-statements-in-rhtml/83260/7 "2007-01-25T17:59:03Z")
> > > 1==“1”
> > > =\> false
That’s one thing. Second: you shouldn’t use render :text in .rhtml
templates. I does not work there (AFAIK).
## Regards, Rimantas
[http://rimantas.com/](http://rimantas.com/)
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**Author:**  [@rvent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rvent)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/conditional-statements-in-rhtml/83260/8 "2007-01-25T17:26:58Z")
Rimantas L. wrote:
> \<%= @boards.running==1?‘Running’:‘Waiting’ %\>
>
> ## Regards, Rimantas
>
> [http://rimantas.com/](http://rimantas.com/)
Cool, thanks… But on my previous post i did the same thing, you just
made it more elegant why woudnt it work…?
```
State:
<% if @boards.running == "1" %>
<%= render :text => "Running" %>
<% else %>
<%= render :text => "Waiting" %>
<% end %>
```
It is basically the same thing…