Correct display of a string

Question

• How to display a string in correct format as i enter it in the textarea in ruby on rails?

• actually i enter some string in the textarea as:
  my name
  is jamal.

• now there is a next line starting after name... but i get the following in the view...
  my name is jamal

• which i don't want to be like that... so, how to get the correct format..?

• i hope u understand...

Answer 1

take a look at simple_format method

i.e. <%= simple_format(params[:text]) %> or <%= simple_format(@text) %> in your erb/rhtml view code

Answer 2

If you're including the string within a textarea in the view then that is odd. However, if you are just printing the string to the page, then you will need to replace newline characters with "<br/>" tags.