# How to render a helper method?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-a-helper-method/89404>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 20, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-a-helper-method/89404 "2007-03-20T07:07:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/82dd89/32.png) [@xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xain)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-a-helper-method/89404/1 "2007-03-20T07:07:54Z")

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can i render helper method in a controller? like:  
render :helper =\> text\_field(‘foo’,‘bar’) #won’t work

besides put the method inside a partial.