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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile b/railties/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile index c43fd8cc14..5a1e8b1247 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Rails supports multiple template systems and uses a file extension to distinguis h5. ERB -Within an ERB template Ruby code can be included using both +<% %>+ and +<%= %>+ tags. The +<% %>+ are used to execute Ruby code that does not return anything, such as conditions, loops or blocks, and the +<%= %>+ tags are used when you want output. +Within an ERB template Ruby code can be included using both +<% %>+ and +<%= %>+ tags. The +<% %>+ are used to execute Ruby code that does not return anything, such as conditions, loops or blocks, and the +<%= %>+ tags are used when you want output. Consider the following loop for names: @@ -137,14 +137,14 @@ Consider the following loop for names: <% end %> </erb> -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, for Regular output functions like print or puts won't work with ERB templates. So this would be wrong: +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, for Regular output functions like print or puts won't work with ERB templates. So this would be wrong: <erb> <%# WRONG %> Hi, Mr. <% puts "Frodo" %> </erb> -To suppress leading and trailing whitespaces, you can use +<%-+ +-%>+ interchangeably with +<%+ and +%>+. +To suppress leading and trailing whitespaces, you can use +<%-+ +-%>+ interchangeably with +<%+ and +%>+. h5. Builder |