# Rails Helper

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-helper/160608>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 18, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-helper/160608 "2009-02-18T05:24:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-helper/160608/1 "2009-02-18T05:24:33Z")

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hi…  
this is html generated code.  
image  
#1

is it possible to use Rails code instead of the above one.  
if possible to use Rails helper means which would generate html code  
like above

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**Author:** ![newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/2acd7d/32.png) [@newb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/newb)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-helper/160608/2 "2009-02-18T05:52:24Z")

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def link\_to\_image(image\_number, caption)  
link\_to(“image ##{image\_number}”, “images/image-  
#{image\_number}”, :rel =\> ‘lightbox’, :title =\> caption)  
end

> > puts link\_to\_image(3, ‘third image’)  
> > image #3