Problem with local variable in partial template

Rails
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I am quite new at Ruby and Rails and this is stumping me:

I have in my rhtml file:

    <%= render(:partial => "owner", :collection => @business.owners, :locals => { :that_value=> @params[:that_value] } ) %>

then in my partial:

<% if owner.id == that_value %>

  • <%= owner.name %> <%= owner.id %> <%= that_value%>
    • <% else %>
  • <%= owner.name %> <%= owner.id %>
    • <% end %> <%= owner.id == that_value%> <%=owner.id%> <%=that_value%>

    owner.id == that_value evaluates to false every time, even when they
    are really the same.

    Sample output:

    Owner Number1 1
    False
    1 2
    Owner Number2 2
    False
    2 2
    Owner Number3 3
    False
    3 2

    I am an old C guy and I keep thinking that there must be some typing
    error, like one of the “2” is a string and the other is an int, but I
    thought ruby has no types. I am pretty stumped, hopefully someone can
    help.

    2

    And if I change <% if owner.id == that_value %> to <% if owner.id <>
    that_value %> it fails.

    On Feb 21, 11:57 pm, “[email protected]” [email protected]

    3

    It’s really confusing because they both print out as being the same
    (in this case 2) but they don’t compare to be equal with each other…

    On Feb 22, 8:34 am, “[email protected]” [email protected]

    4

    [email protected] wrote:

    It’s really confusing because they both print out as being the same
    (in this case 2) but they don’t compare to be equal with each other…

    On Feb 22, 8:34 am, “[email protected]” [email protected]

    Your most likely comparing a string to an integer

    1 == “1” #=> false

    All params come in as strings. If you want it to be treated as an
    integer, you can convert it easily.

    1 == “1”.to_i #=> true

    So in your locals hash you can do:

    :locals => {:that_value => params[:that_value].to_i}