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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 20, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/output-to-browser-in-rhtml-templates/99124 "2006-07-20T12:48:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:**  [@viciu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/viciu)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/output-to-browser-in-rhtml-templates/99124/1 "2006-07-20T12:48:09Z")
Hi!
In .rhtml template I’m trying to create some output, which should be
sent to browser. But this is inside \<% %\> not \<%= %\>, so how can it be
accomplished? Default output is directed to log file, so puts “output”
does not send to browser but to log file…
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**Author:**  [@viciu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/viciu)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/output-to-browser-in-rhtml-templates/99124/2 "2006-07-20T14:50:18Z")
Witold R. wrote:
> Hi!
> In .rhtml template I’m trying to create some output, which should be
> sent to browser. But this is inside \<% %\> not \<%= %\>, so how can it be
Why can’t you use \<%= %\> ?
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**Author:**  [@viciu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/viciu)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/output-to-browser-in-rhtml-templates/99124/3 "2006-07-20T15:07:00Z")
Hello Witold,
> In .rhtml template I’m trying to create some output, which
> should be sent to browser. But this is inside \<% %\> not
> \<%= %\>, so how can it be accomplished? Default output
> is directed to log file, so puts “output” does not send to
> browser but to log file…
You can write either :
\<% \_erbout \<\< ‘foo’ %\>
or :
\<% \_erbout.concat(‘foo’) %\>
```
-- Jean-François.
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**Author:**  [@viciu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/viciu)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/output-to-browser-in-rhtml-templates/99124/4 "2006-07-20T16:02:28Z")
Jean-François wrote:
> \<% \_erbout \<\< ‘foo’ %\>
Thank You. \_erbout is exactly I was looking for.