title: rails helper - how can I get a helper to give me a `<br/>` (or other markup)
body: <p>My helper works like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>def some_help(in_string)
    in_string + " and more"
  end
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I want it do to a <br/> before the output and I keep getting the &lt; br > characters themselves literally, i.e. not a break but what I want is a &lt; br > that is the problem.</p>
  
  <p>so</p>
  
  <pre><code>def some_help(in_string)
    "&lt;br/&gt;" + in_string + " and more"
  end
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>doesn't work right.</p>