Class: Object

Inherits:: BasicObject

Defined in:: lib/core_ext/blank.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

#blank? ⇒ Boolean

An object is blank if it’s false, empty, or a whitespace string.

Instance Method Details

#blank? ⇒ `Boolean`

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?

Returns:

(Boolean)



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# File 'lib/core_ext/blank.rb', line 14

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