Method: String#blank?

Defined in:
lib/rubocop/core_ext/string.rb

#blank? ⇒ Boolean

Checks whether a string is blank. A string is considered blank if it is either empty or contains only whitespace characters.

Examples:

''.blank? #=> true

'    '.blank? #=> true

'  test'.blank? #=> false

Returns:

  • (Boolean) —

    true is the string is blank, false otherwise



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# File 'lib/rubocop/core_ext/string.rb', line 19

def blank?
  empty? || lstrip.empty?
end