From: Markus Werner <markus.werner+news@...>
Date: 2006-03-17T02:08:47+09:00
Subject: Re: ERB question

Robert D. La Gesse wrote:
> Can anyone tell me what the difference is in these two statements?  Yes,
> I'm a newbie!
> 
> <%=h device.send(column.name) %>
> 
> <%= device.send(column.name) %>
> 
> Specifically, what is the <%=h supposed to do?  The "h" doesn't appear
> to do anything that I can find, yet RoR generates code using it...
> 
> Thanks much!
> 
> Rob

h is a short form for is a short form for the method html_escape.

So IMHO it's more clear to write something like
<%= h(device.send(column.name)) %>


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