Question

I basically want to do this:

<% @videos.each do |vid| %>

  <div id=vid.location>

...
<% end %>

how do I evaluate vid.locaion and use it as the id attribute?

i’ve tried the above, id="#{vid.location}" and id="<% vid.location %>" (the last one with and without quotes.

any help appreciated

Answer 1

Easy,

<div id="<%= vid.location %>">

Your first attempt was wrong as you’re still in markup – not ruby. In the last one you used <% rather than <%=, so while it was evaluating the getter, it just didn’t present it to your view.