Equivalent of "puts" in rhtml

Rails
1

Hi everyone,

This seems so basic, and yet I can’t quite figure it out.

Say I have some code in an .rhtml document:

<%=
if @session[:user_id]
link_to somethingA
else
link_to somethingB
link_to somethingC
end
-%>
Only the link to somethingC will show in the second case. I understand
that the last thing returned from that else block is that last line. In
php i could just add a ‘print’ in front of both calls to link_to to get
the text to the browser. How can I do this here without just wrapping
every line in multiple <%= %>?

Thanks!

Jack

2

jack dempsey wrote:

Hi everyone,

This seems so basic, and yet I can’t quite figure it out.

Say I have some code in an .rhtml document:

<%=
if @session[:user_id]
link_to somethingA
else
link_to somethingB
link_to somethingC
end
-%>

How 'bout:

<%=
if @session[:user_id]
link_to somethingA
else
link_to( somethingB ) + link_to( somethingC )
end
-%>

Whammo!

–
Matthew B. :: [email protected]
Resume & Portfolio @ http://madhatted.com

Only the link to somethingC will show in the second case. I understand
that the last thing returned from that else block is that last line. In
php i could just add a ‘print’ in front of both calls to link_to to get
the text to the browser. How can I do this here without just wrapping
every line in multiple <%= %>?

Thanks!

Jack

3

Hi Matt,

Yeah, I did that, but as a matter of principal, I feel like there should
be a different way :slight_smile:

Ok, thanks!

Jack

Matthew B. wrote:

jack dempsey wrote:

Hi everyone,

This seems so basic, and yet I can’t quite figure it out.

Say I have some code in an .rhtml document:

<%=
if @session[:user_id]
link_to somethingA
else
link_to somethingB
link_to somethingC
end
-%>

How 'bout:

<%=
if @session[:user_id]
link_to somethingA
else
link_to( somethingB ) + link_to( somethingC )
end
-%>

Whammo!

–
Matthew B. :: [email protected]
Resume & Portfolio @ http://madhatted.com

Only the link to somethingC will show in the second case. I understand
that the last thing returned from that else block is that last line. In
php i could just add a ‘print’ in front of both calls to link_to to get
the text to the browser. How can I do this here without just wrapping
every line in multiple <%= %>?

Thanks!

Jack

4

How about something like this?

<%= session[:user_id].nil? ? link_to(“B”, :action => “somethingB”) <<
link_to(“C”, :action => “somethingC”) : link_to(“A”, :action =>
“somethingA”) -%>