Put <% as a literal in an .erb file

Question

Let's say I want to display in an erb page a hint on how to write erb:

in helpfile.html.erb:

Here's the right way to write a basic erb statement: <%= a = 1 %>

The problem is that when that erb file is processed as a view in rails, the literal erb <%= gets interpreted and so in the file displayed I just see

Here's the right way to write a basic erb statement: 1

How do I do that?

Here is an answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2322413/how-do-i-escape-erb-code-in-fixtures — Vadorequest, Mar 10 '15 at 21:15
or maybe, http://stackoverflow.com/q/13261376/525478, depending on your use-case — Brad Werth, Mar 10 '15 at 21:35

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 10 '15 at 21:15

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You could either write it as:

Here's the right way to write a basic erb statement: <%= '<%= a = 1 %>' %>

Or perhaps as:

Here's the right way to write a basic erb statement: &lt;%= a = 1 %&gt;

answered Mar 10 '15 at 21:15

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '15 at 21:14

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Try using an entity:

<&#37;= Here's the right way to write a basic erb statement: 1 &#37;>

answered Mar 10 '15 at 21:14

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No love for `<` and `>` for those of us that haven't memorized the ASCII table? – tadman Mar 10 '15 at 21:18

Put <% as a literal in an .erb file

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