Class: Object

Inherits:

BasicObject

Defined in:

lib/chef/sugar/core_extensions/object.rb

Overview

Copyright 2013-2014, Seth Vargo <sethvargo@gmail.com>

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Instance Method Summary

• #blank? ⇒ true, false

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

Instance Method Details

#blank? ⇒ true, false

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

Examples:

foo.nil? || foo.empty? can be replaced by foo.blank?

Returns:

• (true, false)

# File 'lib/chef/sugar/core_extensions/object.rb', line 24

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