Question

I am trying to evaluate which indicator needs to be displayed next to an item based on if it’s been viewed before or not, new comments etc. Until I decide on a symbol to use, I just want a number to display.

in my Report Model i have

def self.indicator
    #bunch of if elsif statements returning a number 0-3
end

in my view i have

<% @reports.each do |report| %>
    <%= report.indicator %>
<% end %>

I get undefined method 'indicator'

I thought I had a grip on how methods work… but clearly not, what am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Try

def indicator
    #bunch of if elsif statements returning a number 0-3
end

You don’t need the self as it [corrected to] is a class level method.