Ruby erb template is removing too much whitespace

Question

I have the following line in my erb template:

SetEnv <%= name %> <%= value %>

The output from this line looks like this...

SetEnv SomeNameSomeValue

There is no whitespace between the name and value items. I want it to output this:

SetEnv SomeName SomeValue

I've found lots of articles explaining how to get erb files to strip unwanted whitespace, but I want the whitespace. How do I get the whitespace to stay in place?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '12 at 07:31

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How about <%= "#{name} #{value}" %>?

answered Sep 23 '12 at 07:31

Dan Healy

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That produced the same output (with no space). I must be missing something obvious, as this is making no sense at all now... – Rik Heywood Sep 23 '12 at 10:02
I was right - I was missing something obvious. My data was all screwed up. Now I've fixed my data my original code works correctly, and so does this answer. – Rik Heywood Sep 23 '12 at 14:51

Ruby erb template is removing too much whitespace

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