Class: TrueClass
Overview
The global value true
is the only instance of class TrueClass
and represents a logically true value in boolean expressions. The class provides operators allowing true
to be used in logical expressions.
Instance Method Summary
-
#&(obj) ⇒ Boolean
And—Returns
false
if obj isnil
orfalse
,true
otherwise. -
#===(other) ⇒ Boolean
Alias for NilClass#===.
-
#^(obj) ⇒ !obj
Exclusive Or—Returns
true
if obj isnil
orfalse
,false
otherwise. -
#inspect ⇒ "true"
Alias for #to_s.
-
#to_s ⇒ "true"
(also: #inspect)
The string representation of
true
is “true”. -
#|(obj) ⇒ true
Or—Returns
true
.
Instance Method Details
#&(obj) ⇒ Boolean
And—Returns false
if obj is nil
or false
, true
otherwise.
# File 'object.c', line 1464
static VALUE true_and(VALUE obj, VALUE obj2) { return RTEST(obj2)?Qtrue:Qfalse; }
#===(other) ⇒ Boolean
Alias for NilClass#===. Case Equality – For class ::Object
, effectively the same as calling #==
, but typically overridden by descendants to provide meaningful semantics in case
statements.
#^(obj) ⇒ !obj
Exclusive Or—Returns true
if obj is nil
or false
, false
otherwise.
# File 'object.c', line 1502
static VALUE true_xor(VALUE obj, VALUE obj2) { return RTEST(obj2)?Qfalse:Qtrue; }
#to_s ⇒ "true
"
#inspect ⇒ "true
"
true
"
#inspect ⇒ "true
"
Alias for #to_s.
#to_s ⇒ "true
" Also known as: #inspect
The string representation of true
is “true”.
# File 'object.c', line 1449
static VALUE true_to_s(VALUE obj) { return rb_cTrueClass_to_s; }
#|(obj) ⇒ true
Or—Returns true
. As obj is an argument to a method call, it is always evaluated; there is no short-circuit evaluation in this case.
true | puts("or")
true || puts("logical or")
produces:
or
# File 'object.c', line 1486
static VALUE true_or(VALUE obj, VALUE obj2) { return Qtrue; }