class Object
Public Instance Methods
blank?()
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An object is blank if it's false, empty, or a whitespace string. For example, “”, “ ”, nil
, [], and {} are all blank.
This simplifies:
if address.nil? || address.empty?
…to:
if address.blank?
# File lib/core_ext/blank.rb, line 16 def blank? respond_to?(:empty?) ? empty? : !self end
presence()
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Returns object if it's present?
otherwise returns nil
. object.presence
is equivalent to object.present? ? object : nil
.
This is handy for any representation of objects where blank is the same as not present at all. For example, this simplifies a common check for HTTP POST/query parameters:
state = params[:state] if params[:state].present? country = params[:country] if params[:country].present? region = state || country || 'US'
…becomes:
region = params[:state].presence || params[:country].presence || 'US'
# File lib/core_ext/blank.rb, line 39 def presence self if present? end
present?()
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An object is present if it's not blank?
.
# File lib/core_ext/blank.rb, line 21 def present? !blank? end