Ruby json gem is encoding html entities

Question

I make a hash called timeOffsets in my code

@timeOffsets = Hash.new
total=0
@sections.each do |i|
  @timeOffsets[i.shortcode] = total
  total+=i.length
end

And I render it in Javascript using to_json, :

timeOffsets=<%[email protected]_json%>;

but I get it with the HTML entities encoded:

timeOffsets={&quot;Introduction_to_Lists&quot;:0,&quot;Removing_elements&quot;:693,&quot;Joining__join_&quot;:1490};

How do I stop it from encoding the HTML entities?

Mike Lewis · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-15 04:21:09Z

4

timeOffsets=<%=raw @timeOffsets.to_json%>

Use the raw view helper.

answered Mar 15, 2011 at 4:21

Mike Lewis

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