# Input '\>' character into html builder array
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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 14, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/input-character-into-html-builder-array/157651 "2009-01-14T04:51:11Z")\
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**Author:**  [@david](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/david)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/input-character-into-html-builder-array/157651/1 "2009-01-14T04:51:11Z")
I’m using an html calendar builder and am getting a compile error when
trying to input a close to some ruby code into the cell\_input:
cell\_text \<\< “%\>”, it seems that it is choking on the closing \> sign.
Is there any way to escape this?
I could really use some help here, not sure how to search for
information on this. Thanks.
This is the line that I am having issues with:
cell\_text \<\< “%\>”
This is the error output:
ActionView::TemplateError (compile error
syntax error, unexpected $undefined, expecting kEND
…\<\< “).to\_s); _erbout.concat “”\n \n \n\n\n [cell\_text,…
^
syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting ‘)’) on line #37 of users/
calendar\_large\_data.rhtml:
34:
35: cell\_text \<\< "\<%= "
36: cell\_text \<\< "javascript\_tag "new Popup('test\_popup#{@day}’,
'test\_popup\_link_#{@day}’,{position:‘25%,30%’, trigger:‘click’,
modal:true})”"
37: cell\_text \<\< “%\>”
38:
39:
40:
I was having a similar compile issue with inputting double quotes into
the cell\_text array and was able to use \ to avoid any problems:
cell\_text \<\< “\