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Ruby Building Web Apps with Sinatra ERB Templates Embedding Instance Variables

Tracy Bowen
Tracy Bowen
8,526 Points
Posted by Tracy Bowen
Tracy Bowen
8,526 Points

Embedding instance variable

Using an ERB template set up views/hello.erb to output "hello" followed by the contents of the @name instance variable.

hello.rb 
require "sinatra"

get "/greet/:name" do
  @name = params[:name]
end
views/hello.erb 
<p>Hello</p>
<%= @name %>
Tracy Bowen
Tracy Bowen
8,526 Points
Tracy Bowen
Tracy Bowen
8,526 Points

That worked. Thanks!

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

No problem :)

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

You need to put the <%= @name %> bit inside the p tag along with the "Hello" message.

<p>Hello <%= @name %></p>

I hope this helps. ~Alex