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diff --git a/guides/source/engines.md b/guides/source/engines.md index a3cff2a807..54cee03df9 100644 --- a/guides/source/engines.md +++ b/guides/source/engines.md @@ -843,28 +843,10 @@ above the "Title" output inside `app/views/blorgh/articles/show.html.erb`: ```html+erb <p> <b>Author:</b> - <%= @article.author %> + <%= @article.author.name %> </p> ``` -By outputting `@article.author` using the `<%=` tag, the `to_s` method will be -called on the object. By default, this will look quite ugly: - -``` -#<User:0x00000100ccb3b0> -``` - -This is undesirable. It would be much better to have the user's name there. To -do this, add a `to_s` method to the `User` class within the application: - -```ruby -def to_s - name -end -``` - -Now instead of the ugly Ruby object output, the author's name will be displayed. - #### Using a Controller Provided by the Application Because Rails controllers generally share code for things like authentication |