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combine_highlight.rb
module ApplicationHelper
def combine_highlight(selected_text, surrounding_text)
if surrounding_text.include? selected_text
split_text = surrounding_text.split(selected_text)
content_tag(:p, (split_text[0] || '').html_safe + content_tag(:span, selected_text, class:"selected") + (split_text[1] || '').html_safe)
else
content_tag(:p, surrounding_text, class:"selected")
end
end
end
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tealtan commented Jul 2, 2013

THANK YOU. I guess that translates to (nil or '').html_safe – I didn't know that ('').html_safe works with content_tag like that. Ah-mazing.

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