How do I check if a string is equal to another string?

Question

In my rails app, I'm trying to check if one string (current_user.email) is equal to another string, (@user.email). How would I do this with an if/else statement? I tried

<% if @current_user.email([email protected]) %>    
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<% else %>
<% end %>

but I got a syntax error. help?

Answer 1

The invalid syntax is (=@. The = is for assignment and has no use in method invocation.

Your if line should look like

<% if @current_user.email == @user.email %>