Method: NilClass#try
- Defined in:
- lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
#try ⇒ Object
Calling try
on nil
always returns nil
. It becomes especially helpful when navigating through associations that may return nil
.
nil.try(:name) # => nil
Without try
@person && @person.children.any? && @person.children.first.name
With try
@person.try(:children).try(:first).try(:name)
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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb', line 148 def try(*) nil end |