Question

I have a select tag nested in my form and I am needing to delete an item from my options_for_select array if it equals the word English

code:

<%= fields_for :users_languages do |u| %>
  <div class="field">
    <%= u.label :Assign_Languages %><br />
    <%= select_tag :language_id, 
      options_for_select(Language.all.collect {|lang|
        [lang.english, lang.id].delete_if {lang.english == "English"}
        }, @lang_list),
        :multiple => true,
        :prompt => 'Select Language' %>
  </div>
<% end %>

Problem:
The above code works fine, but for some reason the first option is still shown in the mutli-select producing a blank select option. Is there anyway to get rid of the select option and its value? Am I even doing this correctly?

Thanks for all the help in advance!

Answer 1

You can do it using a collect and a reject.

Language.all.collect { |lang| [lang.english, lang.id] }.reject { |(lang, id)| lang == 'English' }

Not sure how to do it using just collect.