Notation "name: " vs ":name => "

Question

I'm not too clear what's the difference between the follwing two notations:

= render :partial => "order_fields", :locals => { :t => type, :f => c}
= render :partial => "order_fields", :locals => { t: type, f: c}

They both seem to work but I can't understand what's the difference. Could you please help me?

I don't currently do Rails, but I suspect the `=` at the start of the two lines are erb stuff, not Ruby. — Andrew Grimm, Jul 17 '13 at 22:51

Sergio Tulentsev · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-17T12:07:43.263

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No difference. The latter is a new hash syntax in ruby 1.9.

(Why do I still call this "new syntax"? Ruby 1.9 is 4 years old, and it's not even the current version :))

edited Jul 17 '13 at 12:07

answered Jul 17 '13 at 11:33

Sergio Tulentsev

Yes @priti, both are same. you should have ruby 1.8 and 1.9 installed in your system and open your irb, than start playing with these hashes. – Rails Guy Jul 17 '13 at 11:45
@RailsGuy: no need for ruby 1.8. Ruby 1.9 is enough. It supports both syntaxes. – Sergio Tulentsev Jul 17 '13 at 12:09
yeah @Sergio, I know that, But to whom It was concerned, have already removed her comments.. – Rails Guy Jul 17 '13 at 12:52

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