[Rails] Re: DRYing Routes

dwormuth wrote:
> I have a series of 'static' pages for a site that need named routes in
> Rails 3. I'm trying to DRY the routes file, but can't seem to find the
> proper code.
> 
> The desired output/code is:
> 
> match '/about' => 'info#about', :as => :about
> 
> for each page. My attempt to dry this:
> 
> %w(about services articles marketing clients).each do |page|
>     match eval( "'/#{page}' => 'info##{page}', :as => :#{page}")
> end

eval is almost never a good idea, and it certainly isn't needed here.
Try:

match "/#{page}" => "info##{page}", :as => page.to_sym 
> 
> Any suggestions?

Remember to try string interpolation and send.  eval is not that useful
in Ruby -- if you think you need it, remember that you almost certainly
don't. 

-- 
Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
marnen@marnen.org

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