Question

I have Book.description with the following stored in the database:

    aaa

    bbb

    test

    fsdfdsfs fds fd sf sdf ds

I need to display the above including the line breaks in my view page.

I tried <%= @book.description.gsub(/\n/, '<br />')%> but I am getting the following error message :

private method `gsub' called for #<Hash:0xb662aa50>

I also tried <%= @book.description.html_safe%> but am getting the error message below:

undefined method `html_safe' for #<Hash:0xb66625f4>

Any suggestion ragarding this issue is most appreciated.

Answer 1

<%= simple_format(@book.description) %>