Use ruby array for a javascript array in erb. Escaping quotes

Question

i\'ve found numerous things online for this but they dont work for me. am i missing something.

In my controller i have

@t = [\"a\",\"b\",\"c\"]
         


        

Answer 1

to_json is working fine. What you're running into is Rails 3.x's XSS protection. There's a good article on this at Railscasts/ASCIIcasts. The gist, though, is that you need to use the raw or html_safe methods:

In your controller:

@t_json = @t.to_json.html_safe

OR in your view:

<%= raw @t %>