generate serialized attribute in fixture

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Is there anyway to generate a serialized attribute like this one inside the fixture :

knowledge: "--- \n- 1\n- 3\n- 5\n- 7\n"

I tried knowledge: <%= [1, 3, 5, 7].to_yaml %>

doesn't not work... so I do it using irb, then copy/paste..

thanks

erwin

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Does YAML::dump([1,3,5,7]) work ? You will need to require 'yaml' for it.

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Is there anyway to generate a serialized attribute like this one inside the fixture :

knowledge: "--- \n- 1\n- 3\n- 5\n- 7\n"

I tried knowledge: <%= [1, 3, 5, 7].to_yaml %>

The difference between these two is that the second is actually sticking

knowledge:--- - 1 - 3 - 5 - 7

In your fixture which is not what you want.

knowledge: <%= [1, 3, 5, 7].to_yaml.inspect %>

Looks like it might do what you want.