From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2006-02-03T00:39:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Spaces in between brackets

semmons99@gmail.com wrote:
> Can anyone explain to me why the code works:
> 
> <input id="recipe_title" name="recipe[title]"
> 
> While this code doesn't:
> 
> <input id="recipe_title" name="recipe[ title ]"
> 
> I know that most people don't put spaces in between brackets, however I
> like to for readability. It seems like I can do this everywhere in Ruby
> and Rails except for the name of html tag. Any thoughts on why this is?
> 

Because Rails magically converts "recipe[ title ]" into
recipe[" title "]

And " title " != "title"

But, for the future, you would do better to direct Rails questions to 
the Rails mailing list.



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