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i want generate next html link:

<a href="http://url.com">http://url.com</a>

to reproduce using link_to helper have write:

<%= link_to "http://url.com", "http://url.com" %>

what doesn't dry @ all, expecting work:

<%= link_to "http://url.com" %>

but above code generate link targeting actual request.url, not 1 i'm sending in param.

am missing something?

you're not missing --- normal case url , text shows user different.

if you'd like, create helper like

def link_to_href(link, args={})   link_to link, link, args end

then, when use it,

<%= link_to_href "http://url.com" %>

will output

<a href="http://url.com">http://url.com</a>

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