OK, here's what I have in app/views/molds/show.html.erb: <tr><td><%= @mold.body.gsub( "\n", "<br />" ) %></td></tr>
The controller finds @patient, and @patient.id = 2 If @mold.body = "The patients id is <%= @patient.id %>" Then the view displays The patients id is <%= @patient.id %> rather than The patients id is 2 Same goes for replacing <%= with #{ and %> with } Many TIA, Craig On Feb 27, 10:21 am, Craig White <craigwh...@azapple.com> wrote: > On Sat, 2010-02-27 at 07:43 -0800, Dudebot wrote: > > Thanks, Craig--I think my example was too terse. What I'm trying to > > do is to pass a block of text to a view which may contain multiple > > references to external models, and I'd like to interpolate those > > references. > > > So, for example, if @thing.body = " This is the id of foo: <%= @foo.id > > %> and this is its body: <%= @foo.body %> " > > > If @foo.id = 2 and @foo.body = "Norman", I'd like in the view > > whatever.html.erb to have > > > <%= @thing.body %> > > > display > > > This is the id of foo: 2 and this is its body: Norman > > > Is there a way to do that? I also tried #{ ... } and am still getting > > the literal rather than the interpolation. > > ---- > try actual code examples > > Craig > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.