How to check if current locale is equal to a string

Question

I'm trying to determine whether to show the Spanish or English button on my web application.

<% if I18n.locale == 'es' %>
  <a href="<%= set_english_path %>" class="thin">English</a>
<% else %>
  <a href="<%= set_spanish_path %>" class="thin">Spanish</a>
<% end %>

The if condition always fails and the Spanish button is always displayed.

RubyMine show this upon inspection (during debugging):

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So why is the comparison failing?

Yevgeniy Anfilofyev · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-14 05:46:46Z

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You should use symbol instead of string when searching/comparing/setting locale. Try:

<% if I18n.locale == :es %>

Documentation for I18n is there http://guides.rubyonrails.org/i18n.html

answered Jun 14, 2013 at 5:46

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Sebastián Palma · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-19 09:49:58Z

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In my case

if I18n.locale.to_s == 'zh-CN'
  ...

did the trick.

edited Oct 19, 2017 at 9:49

Sebastián Palma

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answered Jun 10, 2017 at 9:24

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Professor Todd Over a year ago

I think this might be preferred: if I18n.locale.to_s == :'zh-CN'

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