ifempty? Pascal Ehlert wrote: > Hi, > > How about adding some method #foo instead that returns nil if the > string is blank and self otherwise, so that you can do: > > self.email.foo || self.name > > This looks slightly better and more intuitive to me, if we can figure > out a descriptive name for the #foo method (I can’t think of any atm, > admittedly). > > > Cheers > > Pascal > > > On 1/28/09 6:45 AM, "Ryan Angilly" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey guys, > > I find myself doing stuff like this a lot: > > self.email.blank? ? self.name <http://self.name> : self.email > > > Anyone feel like adding an 'or' method to nil and String (a la > blank?) so that this will work: > > > self.email.or(self.name <http://self.name> ) > > > It would be as simple as adding this file to ActiveSupport > > > activesupport/lib/core_ext/or.rb > > class String > def or(val) > self == "" ? val : self > end > end > > class NilClass > def or(val) > val > end > end > > > I'll submit a patch of this + tests to LH if people are interested. > > > > > >
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