Question

I have a helper method which does this

def show_username(username, id)
    if username == "Global_User"
      "anonymously"
    else
      link_to username, profile_path(id)
    end
end

but, i want to return the word “by” before the link_to username. The problem is when I put “by ” + link_to it breaks, and i cant use a do block on the link because thats the text inside the link (i dont want the word by to be a part of the link)

I’m calling it like

<%= show_username(resource.user.username, resource.user.id) %>

Answer 1

def show_username(username, id)
    if username == "Global_User"
      "anonymously"
    else
      raw("by ") + link_to(username, profile_path(id))
    end
end