# FYI Attribute names with spaces in 1.8.4

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fyi-attribute-names-with-spaces-in-1-8-4/57671>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 12, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fyi-attribute-names-with-spaces-in-1-8-4/57671 "2006-04-12T22:07:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![reevesg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a6a055/32.png) [@reevesg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reevesg)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fyi-attribute-names-with-spaces-in-1-8-4/57671/1 "2006-04-12T22:07:04Z")

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It seems that attribute names cannot contain spaces since 1.8.4.

Of course generally you wouldn’t want your attribute name to have a  
space but I was adding them dynamically.

If your interested, there is some more info at my blog  
[http://counterflo.ws](http://counterflo.ws).

Gareth