Question

You would think I would get this done in 10 seconds, but I’ve spent 1/2 hour and am getting nowhere..Here is what I have/want:

  <table>
     <% i=0 %>
     <% for name in @names%>
       <% i++ %>
       <tr>
  <td><%= "#{i}" %></td>
  <td><%= name.first %>"></td>
       </tr>
  </table>

Yes, all I want is a numbered list of names, like:

1. fred
2. wilma
   etc…

The error I get is:
compile error
/blah/_names.html.erb:13: syntax error, unexpected ';'
; i++ ; @output_buffer.concat "\n\t\t <td>"


Answer 1

You can do like this

<table> 
   <% @names.each_with_index do |name, i| %>
      <tr> 
         <td><%= i %></td> 
         <td><%= name %></td> 
      </tr> 
   <% end %>
</table>