Index

= (equal sign)

outputting results, 107–108

outputting strings, 108

sanitizing, 108

# (pound sign)

comment indicator, 103

in ID names, 106

/ (slash)

in file paths, 21

path expansion, 22

. (dot), in class names, 106

& (ampersand), anchors in YAML nodes, 115

== (equal signs), sanitizing, 108

- (hyphen), code indicator, 107

% (percent sign), tag indicator, 105

{} (curly braces), in Haml tags, 107

() (parentheses), in optional route matching, 52

<% %> ERB delimiters, 102

<% =%> ERB delimiters, 102

<%= %> ERB delimiters, 102

<%= -%> ERB delimiters, 102

~ (tilde), preserving whitespace, 108

A

absolute_url method, 71

Abstract controllers, 69–70

abstract! method, 229, 238–239

abstract? method, 229

AbstractController class, methods

before, 69

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