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Arthur
Arthur

Reputation: 644

From application_helper.rb to own module

In my rails app(3.2.14) I have in application_helper.rb methods for converting and parsing strings, integers into USD currency, like (3000 to '30.00' or '0.99' to 99 etc.). They use number_with_precision method from number_helper.rb - standart rails helper.

The problem is I want to bring all of them into module located /lib folder, but I loose rails context.

So how I can solve this problem?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 81

Answers (2)

house9
house9

Reputation: 20614

do you have your configuration setup to auto-load the lib directory, by default it is not autoloaded by rails

config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/lib)

then use include Module in your lib files (as phoet explained), or use longer include syntax http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers.html -

include ActionView::Helpers::NumberHelper

Upvotes: 1

phoet
phoet

Reputation: 18845

You require the specific helper from actionpack like

require 'action_view/helpers/number_helper'

and use it in your code

include NumberHelper

Upvotes: 1

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