Accessing array elements directly in Rails translations

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Is it possible to access array elements directly with Rails's t() helper?

For example, if I have this translation defined in my YAML file

en:   contact_page:     title: Contact us     phones:       - (123) 456-7890       - +1987654321       - 1-890-123-456

Then in my view, how can I get to international phone number (second array item) directly?

I tried all of following, but non of them works.

<%= t 'contact_page.phones[1]' %> <%= t 'contact_page.phones.1' %> <%= t 'contact_page.phones.[1]' %>

Some google results suggest first form should work, but it doesn't work for me. However, code below does work as it should, but its a bit cumbersome to use, so I was hoping there is a way to get to array elements directly by specifying their index in the string identifier somehow.

<%= t('contact_page.phones')[1] %>

Thanks for your help!

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Try to quote them

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Quote them how? Can you give an example please?

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something like:

   phones:      - "(123) 456-7890"      - "+1987654321"      - "1-890-123-456"

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Sorry, I made a mistake in my example. You are correct, of course. In my above example, quoting is needed, of course.

So given this YAML, how can I get to any specific element in the array by calling Rail's t() helper only?

en:   contact_page:     title: Contact us     phones:       - "(123) 456-7890"       - "+1987654321"       - "1-890-123-456"

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So given this YAML, how can I get to any specific element in the array by calling Rail's t() helper only?

en: contact_page:    title: Contact us    phones:      - "(123) 456-7890"      - "+1987654321"      - "1-890-123-456"

Rails way is:

I18n.t('contact_page.phones')[N] # where N is an index of Array

I18n already get your locale set from 'config/application.rb' file:

config.i18n.default_locale accessor = …

(:en by default)