Rails pass array to partial using collection

Question

I'm trying to iterate through a regular array (not ActiveRecord), and render a partial using each element.

In my view (I'm using slim):

== render partial: "layouts/display_elements", collection: my_array

My partial (for now) only contains:

= "#{display_element}"

However, I'm getting the following error:

undefined local variable or method `display_element' for #<#<Class:0x007f7fe2e6ca58>:0x007f7fe51e0408>

Is this a limit of imposed by not using ActiveRecord? Do I have to resort to

= my_array.each do |e|

vee · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-20 03:10:40Z

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I am not very familiar with the slim-lang, but I think adding the :as option will work for you:

== render partial: "layouts/display_elements", collection: my_array, as: :display_element

This will allow you to access the collection my_array as the display_item local variable within your partial.

answered Aug 20, 2013 at 3:10

vee

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