Question

How do I pass a variable to a partial template and then output that variable from the template?

This is the file in views that calls the template:

<%= render :partial => 'layouts/foo', :selected => "Word" %>

This is the partial, _foo.html.erb:

<%= :selected %>

Yet it just outputs the word “selected” instead of its value. How do I fix that?

Answer 1

Variables are passed differently into a partial:

<%= render :partial => "layouts/foo", :locals => { :selected => "xxx" } %>

and used as:

<%= selected %>