Print a variable to console in Haml to debug Rspec

Question

Just landed on a Rails 3 app that uses haml. I am running Rspec tests and trying to print a value of a variable to console. On erb or in a any .rb file, you simply do:

p my_variable.inspect or even string interpolation:

p "this is my variable #{my_variable}" So when I run my Rspec tests I get a nice printout on the console evaluating my variables. So now, how you do that in Haml?

Answer 1

it's so annoying to "p" variables as for me, and then search their output. Use better https://github.com/rweng/pry-rails and then in view just put

- binding.pry

and then in console you can debug variables and other stuff :)

Answer 2

So in Haml just use:

- p my_variable