# Rendering ERB If you have a string that contains ERB templating, you can quickly generate the resulting string with the following code snippet: ```ruby require 'erb' some_template_string = <<-TEXT The top <% 5.times do |i| %> Item <%= i + 1 %> <% end %> The bottom TEXT puts ERB.new(some_template_string).result ``` This will print the following to stdout: ``` The top Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 The bottom ``` [source](http://www.stuartellis.eu/articles/erb/)