From: Jano Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2008-06-06T23:32:51+09:00
Subject: Re: erb question --urgent help needed?

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Pokkai Dokkai <bad_good_lion@yahoo.com> wrote:
> actually there is a empty paper
>
> in that paper some datas want to print for some corresponding position
>  (see below..like name,phone. etc...)
>
> #empty paper
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> |                                                           |
> |      name:                         phone:                 |
> |                                                           |
> |      post:                       comment:                 |
> |                                                           |
> |   address:                                                |
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> #paper after print
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> |                                                           |
> |      name:mokkai                   phone: 919234244       |
> |                                                           |
> |      post:somthing               comment: nothing         |
> |                                                           |
> |   address:full address detail here......                  |
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> so i want to create print details in .rhtml format

I can't help you with a general solution, I guess the way you startes
is the way to go.
Though:
1. you don't need p there - instead of <%=p just leave there <%=
2. create a helper function to pad the string to desired width

def pad(lenght, data)
   data.to_s.just(length)
end

then you can do:

<%= pad 28, name %><%= pad 15, phone_number %> etc.

I quite can't imagine what you mean by "define the width at
dynamically for any type of erb tags".
Don't worry though, the problem is most probably somewhere between my
keyboard and my chair ;-)

J.