Helper + conditional loop

Rails
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hi everyone ,

I am new to RoR thing , i am building an application in that i am
filling the text field with items present in my database …thus using
code like this :

 <% if @lost_pro_d.disease != "" %>
Disease: <%= @lost_pro_d.disease %><br />
 <% end %>
 <% if @lost_pro_d.noticable_mark != ""%>
Noticeable Marks: <%= @lost_pro_d.noticable_mark%><br />
 <% end %>
 <% if @lost_pro_d.habits != ""%>
Habits: <%= @lost_pro_d.habits%>
 <% end %>

what am i trying is to use helper thing for this …can anyone guide
me how to do this thing ???

Anant

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Anant S. wrote:

hi everyone ,

I am new to RoR thing , i am building an application in that i am
filling the text field with items present in my database …thus using
code like this :

 <% if @lost_pro_d.disease != "" %>
Disease: <%= @lost_pro_d.disease %><br />
 <% end %>
 <% if @lost_pro_d.noticable_mark != ""%>
Noticeable Marks: <%= @lost_pro_d.noticable_mark%><br />
 <% end %>
 <% if @lost_pro_d.habits != ""%>
Habits: <%= @lost_pro_d.habits%>
 <% end %>

what am i trying is to use helper thing for this …can anyone guide
me how to do this thing ???

Anant

In your helper:

def display_if_present(desc, item)
return “” if item.blank?
return “#{desc}: #{item}
”
end

In the view:

<%= display_if_present(‘Disease’, @lost_pro_d.disease %>

steve