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What does -%> mean in Ruby on Rails, compared to %> [duplicate]

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I've always used <%= some_code %> to insert Ruby into HTML when using Ruby on Rails. I've just noticed that other projects sometimes use <%= some_code -%>.

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ben Avatar asked Sep 27 '10 06:09

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<%= some_code -%> The minus at the end removes the newline. Useful for formatting the generated HTML, while <%= some_code %> does not.

Thanks, Anubhaw

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Anubhaw Avatar answered Oct 06 '22 00:10

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