# Difference between \<%= end %\> \<%= end -%\> **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 13, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difference-between-end-end/88673 "2007-03-13T13:50:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rita](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@rita](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rita)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difference-between-end-end/88673/1 "2007-03-13T13:50:08Z")
Hi, ``` I am reffering to "Agile Web D. with Rails 2nd ed B1 ``` 21.pdf" As per this book, ``` <% 3.downto(1) do |count| -%> <%= count %>...
<% end -%> Merry Christmas! The minus sign in end will supress the newline. This is not ``` happening in my case. I am using ruby 1.8.4 and Rails 1.2.2 What could be the reason? ---
**Author:** ![rita](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@rita](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rita)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difference-between-end-end/88673/2 "2007-03-13T14:22:13Z")
On Mar 13, 12:49 pm, “rita” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ``` > The minus sign in end will supress the newline. This is not > > ``` > > happening in my case. The generated HTML code should look like this: 3… 2… 1… Merry Christmas! If you leave out the minus sign, it should look like this: 3… 2… 1… Merry Christmas! Is that what you’re seeing, or are you getting something else? Note that the minus sign only suppresses the literal newline in the generated HTML code, not the tag which makes your browser display a newline when it renders the HTML. Chris ---
**Author:** ![rita](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@rita](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rita)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 9:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difference-between-end-end/88673/3 "2007-03-14T09:16:51Z")
On Mar 13, 6:21 pm, “Chris M.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > ``` > > Merry Christmas! > > > > ``` > > generated HTML code, not the > tag which makes your browser > display a newline when it renders the HTML. > > Chris Though I will keep the minus sign or remove it I am getting the output as: 3… 2… 1… Merry Christmas! Rita. ---
**Author:** ![rita](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@rita](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rita)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difference-between-end-end/88673/4 "2007-03-14T11:28:44Z")
rita wrote: > On Mar 13, 6:21 pm, “Chris M.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > ``` > > > Merry Christmas! > > > > > > ``` > > > > generated HTML code, not the > > tag which makes your browser > > display a newline when it renders the HTML. > > > > Chris > > Though I will keep the minus sign or remove it I am getting the output > as: > > 3… > > 2… > > 1… > > Merry Christmas! > > Rita. ok try this the -%\> would remove the \n in the HTML tag, you shouldn’t worry about 🙂