Class: Object

Inherits:
BasicObject
Defined in:
lib/www/delicious.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#blank?Boolean

An object is blank if it’s false, empty, or a whitespace string. For example, “”, “ ”, nil, [], and {} are blank.

This simplifies

if !address.nil? && !address.empty?

to

if !address.blank?

Object#blank? comes from the GEM ActiveSupport 2.1.

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/www/delicious.rb', line 940

def blank? 
  respond_to?(:empty?) ? empty? : !self
end