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block_called_from_erb?

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block_called_from_erb?(block) private

Check whether we're called from an erb template. We'd return a string in any other case, but erb <%= … %> can't take an <% end %> later on, so we have to use <% … %> and implicitly concat.

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March 25, 2009 - (>= v2.2.1)
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usage helper with block

helper example

def my_helper(&block)
  inner = capture(&block)
  out = "<somehtml>#{inner}</somehtml>"
  block_called_from_erb?(block) ? concat(out) : out
end

view example

<% my_helper do %>
  sometext
<% end %>

output

<somehtml>sometext</somehtml>

using ActionView::Helpers::CaptureHelper#capture