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Ruby

Posted by Jacob Wisniewski
Jacob Wisniewski
9,111 Points

Post index page displays unneeded info

On my posts index page it simply lists each post, but then after it displays this: 

[#<Post id: 1, content: "This is a post", created_at: "2014-07-27 18:06:09", updated_at: "2014-07-27 18:06:09">, #<Post id: 2, content: "This is another post", created_at: "2014-07-27 18:06:19", updated_at: "2014-07-27 18:06:19">]

My Post controller is:

class PostsController < ApplicationController
    def index
        @posts = Post.all
    end
end

And index.html.erb

<ul>
<%= @posts.each do |post| %>
    <li>
        <%= post.content %>
    </li>
<% end %>
</ul>

1 Answer

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points
Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

Remove the = symbol from this: <%= @posts.each do |post| %>. You only want the selected content to be printed and the = prints every post with all its attributes. If it's <% @posts.each do |post| %> - the logic is executed, but is not printed in the view.