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Posted by Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall
10,865 Points

How to include HTML Symbols in Erb output tags

Hi Everyone!

I am working on a project that involves some pagination.

My code is below. How do I include html symbols in the Erb output tags.

<h4><%= link_to "Next Page &rarr;", params.merge(page: @projects.next_page), class: "pagination-link next" %></h4>

Regards, Joseph

1 Answer

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

Im not sure I understand your question. What do you mean by include html symbols in the erb tag. You might be able to pass an html option as an additional parameter using:

html: { class: "whatever" }

Can you clarify what you mean

Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall
10,865 Points

Hi Stone!

What I mean is how can I include a HTML symbol like → or &nbsp in link_to?

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

Did you try just putting it inside the link_to string.

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

Try escaping it with \ and see if that works