Question

I have this code

<% if approved %>
  <td>Flow Number</td>
<% end %>

and I’d like to shorten it using statement modifiers. Of course I can use

<%="<td>Flow Number</td>" if approved -%>

but is there a shorter way? I’d also like to get the markup out of quotes.

Answer 1

You could use “content_tag”, which isn’t actually shorter, but may be more appealing, keeping HTML out of your ruby blocks:

<%= content_tag :td, "Flow Number" if approved %>

Otherwise, you could consider writing a helper – which may be appealing if you need to reuse similar logic throughout the page (or over several pages).