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Diffstat (limited to 'actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb index 87b0174703..13b2ef4821 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/base.rb @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module ActionView #:nodoc: # # = ERb # - # You trigger ERb by using embeddings such as <% %> and <%= %>. The difference is whether you want output or not. Consider the + # You trigger ERb by using embeddings such as <% %>, <% -%>, and <%= %>. The <%= %> tag set is used when you want output. Consider the # following loop for names: # # <b>Names of all the people</b> @@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ module ActionView #:nodoc: # Name: <%= person.name %><br/> # <% end %> # - # The loop is setup in regular embedding tags (<% %>) and the name is written using the output embedding tag (<%= %>). Note that this + # The loop is setup in regular embedding tags <% %> and the name is written using the output embedding tag <%= %>. Note that this # is not just a usage suggestion. Regular output functions like print or puts won't work with ERb templates. So this would be wrong: # # Hi, Mr. <% puts "Frodo" %> # - # (If you absolutely must write from within a function, you can use the TextHelper#concat) + # If you absolutely must write from within a function, you can use the TextHelper#concat + # + # <%- and -%> suppress leading and trailing whitespace, including the trailing newline, and can be used interchangeably with <% and %>. # # == Using sub templates # |