Example: Generating a Purchase Ledger
At the start of the chapter, we saw an example of something that we might write a template for: a purchase ledger for a fictional bar:
| | The Bistro Illegal |
| | Sector RT 74 |
| | Lazgar Beta |
| | |
| | Purchase ledger, October 2014 |
| | |
| | Generated: 4 October 2014, 12:49pm |
| | |
| | Product Units Price |
| | |
| | Ol' Janx Spirit 282 $27,918.00 |
| | Eau de Santraginus V 300 $600.00 |
| | Arcturan Mega-Gin 150 $7,500.00 |
| | Fallian Marsh Gas 1,000 $2,000.00 |
| | Qalactin Hypermint Extract 25 $500.00 |
| | Algolian Suntiger, teeth of 300 $30,000.00 |
| | Zamphuor 3 $120.00 |
| | Olives 200 $24.00 |
| | |
| | Total $68,662.00 |
Let’s write an example ERB template for this type of file. We won’t worry about where the data is coming from just yet; we’ll write our idealized template and ...
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