From: Nicolas Blanco Date: 2006-08-28T22:21:56+09:00 Subject: Newbie : assign a value to a variable... Hi all! This is really a newbie question... Here is the simple code... if @params[:per_page].nil? per_page = 20 else per_page = @params[:per_page] end Is there a better way to do this (put the parameter in the variable if the parameter is not null, otherwise put 20) ? Thanks... Nicolas -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.