Question

Have a do loop in HTML supporting a Ruby app:

<% @list.each do |object| %>
    <option value="<%= object['name'] %>"><%= object['name'] %></option>
<% end %>

Would like to be able to filter the <option value="<%= object['name'] %>"> item for quotes to preserve the final HTML — is there an easy way to do this?

Answer 1

If this is a Rails app, then I’d suggest using one of the built-in helpers, like so:

options_for_select(@list.map{ |object| [object['name'], object['name']] })

If not, then maybe just gsub:

<option value="<%= object['name'].gsub("\"","") %>">