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Read Data from a Text Field
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File: public\input.html, adding this code:
<html>
<head>
<title>Using Text Fields</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Working With Text Fields</h1>
This Ruby on Rails application lets you read data from text fields.
<br>
<form action = "/hello/there" >
Please enter your name.
<br>
<input type="text" name="text1">
<br>
<br>
<input type="submit"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
File: app\controllers\hello_controller.rb:
class HelloController < ApplicationController
def there
@data = params[:text1]
end
end
File: app\views\hello\there.rhtml:
<html>
<head>
<title>Reading data from text fields</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Reading data from text fields</h1>
This Ruby on Rails application reads data from text fields.
<br>
<br>
Your name is <%= @data %>.
<br>
<br>
</body>
</html>
Start the WEBrick server: ruby script/server
Navigate to http://localhost:3000/input.html
readTextField.zip( 89 k)
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