Questions tagged [helpermethods]
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How to Pass ActiveRecord Objects as Parameters to Helper Methods in Rails
Many helper methods, such as redirect_to, link_to, and url_for, can take an ActiveRecord object as a parameter instead of a hash that specifies the controller and action. I've seen the parameter passed different ways in different documentation. It…
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reflection with stacktrace / stackframe to get both methods name and parameters
while writing the question subject I came across
some other allmost related post ...leading to MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.reflection.parameterinfo.aspx
but i couldn't manage to extract the bit of code i needed
i just learnd…
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Including Custom Helper Method in Ruby Gem
I've been attempting to add a helper method to my ruby gem for use with Rails 3.
Here is an example of what I am attempting to achieve:
module MyHelper
def my_method
render :text => "Hello World!"
end
end
I've tried prepending MyHelper.rb…
user414381
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Rails keeps changing my string "?" into "%3F"
Basicaly I just want to insert this + "?direction=desc" in helper method.
But once it parses it comes out like this..
/organizations/search?order_by=contactable%3Fdirection%3Ddesc
Anyone know a way around this?
My Helper Method:
def…
Trip
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Display time remaining with distance_of_time_in_words
So i want item to display to remaining on Items after 7 days the item will be deleted. ive tried
<%= distance_of_time_in_words(item.created_at, item.created_at + 7.days) %>
but all i get is "7 Days" on all items. Can anyone simply how this helper…
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Interface Segregation Principle and Convenience/Helper Methods
How does the Interface Segregation Principle apply to convenience/helper methods? For instance:
I want to create an interface that represents business partners. The bare minimum that I would need would be a setter and a getter method that would…
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Why do I need a helper method to recursively search a binary search tree?
Here is the code for the implementation of the Binary Search Tree:
public class BST> {
BSTNode root;
public T search(T target)
{
//loop to go through nodes and determine which routes to make
BSTNode tmp =…
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rails “undefined method” when invoking a helper method from the view
I want to get the gender of a person from a helper method like so:
sportists_helper.rb
def sportists_gender
gender = self.gender
if gender == "1"
"Male"
elsif gender == "2"
"Female"
end
end
and then print it out in a view: <%=…
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How do I call a method inside ApplicationHelper from my Model?
# application_helper.rb
def do_some_stuff
...
end
# my_model.rb
def my_model_method
# I want to call the method "do_some_stuff" here, how exactly?
end
Obviously, I can't just call do_some_stuff, since it would tell me that the model does…
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Rails distance_of_time_in_words_to_now options
I'm guessing I need to create a helper method to achieve this, but essentially I'd like to use distance_of_time_in_words_to_now to display the time between a datetime field's data and now, but in more specific words. For instance, if it's 3 days it…
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Render 3-column table of checkboxes using Helper methods and editor template
The code below is taken from the instructors Edit view of this tutorial: http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/getting-started-with-ef-using-mvc/updating-related-data-with-the-entity-framework-in-an-asp-net-mvc-application
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Keeping the helper methods in the same scope as of main_operation_methods reduces readability
I have a MineSweeper program, where I am facing a scenario similar to.,
Where is my problem?
class operation{
/*(Each operation needs all the datas.)*/
public mainOperation(){ // user can call this…
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sharing private methods across controllers
Hey guys, I have two controllers, X and Y:
In X, I have a :before_filter for a private method, foo.
I also have the following statement at the top of controller X.
helper_method :foo
In controller Y, I have a :before_filter for a private method,…
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ruby "first" helper method?
i have the following file member.html.erb:
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<%@members.each do |member|%>
- <%=member.name%> <%end%>
Ran
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c# Method not working as expected Address book project
I'm new to c# and working on my first project - a console app. I am having some trouble understanding why my code will not return false when an entry in the address book already exists. The following methods are all part of the AddressBook class…
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