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Ruby

Benjamin Sunderland
Benjamin Sunderland
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Posted by Benjamin Sunderland
Benjamin Sunderland
4,709 Points

I don't understand where you define 'params' in rails.

For example,

def show @page = Page.find(params[:id]) end

I understand it is finding the ID of the page that is created and showing it. But where in a rails app would you find all the parameters defined as I don't understand code like this.

Please help me! Thanks guys.

1 Answer

William Li
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William Li
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William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

Page.find(params[:id]).

Short answer is that you won't find them on your own Rails app, as they were pre-defined in the Rails' source code. You can consult the Rails doc on how to use 'em; or if you're really good at reading Ruby code, you may check out Rails source at github.