From: Justin Collins <collinsj@...>
Date: 2006-04-12T01:39:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Oddities of Iteration

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Nathan Olberding wrote:
> Justin Collins wrote:
>   
>> Nathan Olberding wrote:
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>>>  ...
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>> Just as a side note, you'll probably find the CGI standard library
>> easier to use than typing out the strings:
>>
>> http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/cgi/rdoc/classes/CGI.html
>>     
>
> Thanks! I've learned that having a one-line string for a method will 
> return that string.
>
> CGI might be good under Ruby, but I'm definitely in the habit of writing 
> my own HTML just because a lot of other languages' modules generate some 
> ugly HTML. I've got another project that's just starting out. If Ruby's 
> CGI is prettier, I might go that way. I do know that I like its 
> block-code styling.
>
>   
In general, the CGI library will spit out exactly what you give it. 
There's even a 'pretty' option so it will properly indent everything and 
make it easy to read, although I've found this can cause problems with 
textareas (extra whitespace).

-Justin

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