Name is not displaying in user_friendships/new.html page

Question

The user name is not displaying in my users_friendships/new page. All that is showing in its place is:

<User:0x007fdcf4a73450>

Would you like to add #<User:0x007fdcf4a73450>?

Thanks in advance!

NEW.HTML

   <% if @friend %>
<h1><%= @friend %></h1>

<p> Would you like to add <%= @friend %>?</p>

<%= form_for @user_friendship, method: :post do |form| %>
    <div class="form form-actions">
        <%= form.hidden_field :friend_id, value: @friend %>
        <%= submit_tag "Yes, Add Friend", class: 'btn btn-danger' %>
        <%= link_to "Cancel", current_user, class: 'btn btn-default' %>
    </div>  
<% end %>

   <% end %>

MODEL/ USER_FRIENDSHIP.rb

   class UserFriendship < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :user
   belongs_to :friend, class_name: 'User', foreign_key: 'friend_id'
   attr_accessible :user_id, :friend_id, :user, :friend
   end

USER.FRIENDSHIPS_CONTROLLER

  class UserFriendshipsController < ApplicationController
  before_filter :authenticate_user!, only: [:new]

  def new
   if params[:friend_id]
   @friend = User.find(params[:friend_id])
  @user_friendship = current_user.user_friendships.new(friend: @friend)
   else
  flash[:error] = "Friend required"
   end
  rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
  render file: 'public/404', status: :not_found
  end

Answer 1 · 2014-07-23T14:39:06Z

July 23, 2014 2:39pm

It is only showing <User:0x007fdcf4a73450> because that is what you are asking for by doing

<%= @friend %>

In order to get a specific attribute, you have to send a message/call the attribute by doing something like

<%= @friend.name %>

Does your friend model have a name attribute?

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Name is not displaying in user_friendships/new.html page

<User:0x007fdcf4a73450>

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