Class: String

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• String

Defined in:

lib/rspec/tap/formatters/core_ext/string.rb

Overview

Extensions to the core String class

Instance Method Summary

• #blank? ⇒ Boolean

  Checks whether a string is blank.

• #present? ⇒ Boolean

  Checks whether a string is present.

Instance Method Details

#blank? ⇒ Boolean

Checks whether a string is blank. A string is considered blank if it is either empty or contains only whitespaces.

Examples:

''.blank?
#=> true

'  '.blank?
#=> true

'  abc  '.blank?
#=> false

Returns:

• (Boolean) —

  true is the string is blank, false otherwise

# File 'lib/rspec/tap/formatters/core_ext/string.rb', line 22

def blank?
  empty? || strip.empty?
end

#present? ⇒ Boolean

Checks whether a string is present. A string is considered present if it is not blank.

Examples:

''.present?
#=> false

'  '.present?
#=> false

'  abc  '.present?
#=> true

Returns:

• (Boolean) —

  true is the string is present, false otherwise

# File 'lib/rspec/tap/formatters/core_ext/string.rb', line 44

def present?
  !blank?
end