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Why instead of a symbol?

Trying to break Rails code more, so I can understand what is going on

<%= form_for :article do |f| %>
  <p>
    <%= f.label :title %><br>
    <%= f.text_field :title %>
  </p>

 <p>
    <%= f.label :text %><br>
    <%= f.text_area :text %>
 </p>

 <p>
   <%= f.submit %>
  </p>
<% end %>

This code refers to section 5.2 of the ribs section: http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html

 <%= form_for :article do |f| %>

This line bothers me. Why is it a symbol instead of @article?

@article will be an instance of the Article object, right? And do you want this for form_for?

ps. Feel free to edit the title to reflect this post more.

EDIT ... I understand why this post is marked as a duplicate, and I'm fine, letting it stand.

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