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Class: NilClass

Instance Attribute Summary

Instance Method Summary

Instance Attribute Details

#blank?true (readonly)

nil is blank:

nil.blank? # => true
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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/blank.rb', line 57

def blank?
  true
end

Instance Method Details

#to_param

Returns self.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/to_query.rb', line 20

def to_param
  self
end

#try(*args)

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 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb', line 138

def try(*args)
  nil
end

#try!(*args)

Calling try! on nil always returns nil.

nil.try!(:name) # => nil
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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb', line 145

def try!(*args)
  nil
end