# Form helper

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-helper/161800>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 2, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-helper/161800 "2009-03-02T15:40:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![giga](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b9bd4f/32.png) [@giga](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/giga)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-helper/161800/1 "2009-03-02T15:40:07Z")

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How can I set a default value: M ?  
How can I order optios?

\<%= select( “user”, “sex”, { t(“male”) =\> “M”, t(“female”) =\> “F” },  
{:include\_blank =\> true} ) %\>