From: Luc Heinrich Date: 2006-08-28T23:15:19+09:00 Subject: Re: Newbie : assign a value to a variable... On 28 ao�t 06, at 15:30, ChrisH wrote: > The usual idiom is > per_page = @params[:per_page] || 20 You can also do: per_page = @params.fetch(:per_page, 20) Or: @params.default = 20 per_page = @params[:per_page] -- Luc Heinrich - luc@honk-honk.com - http://www.honk-honk.com