From: Josselin <josselin@...>
Date: 2007-01-17T07:25:09+09:00
Subject: Re: where to find info on ||= operator ?

On 2007-01-16 14:05:32 +0100, "Martin DeMello" <martindemello@gmail.com> said:

> On 1/16/07, Josselin <josselin@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>> I am using
>> 
>> http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/
>> 
>> a sa reference manual, but could not find info on that operator  (how
>> to use it..)
> 
> It's syntax sugar:
> 
> foo <operator>= bar
> 
> expands to
> 
> foo = foo <operator> bar
> 
> So a ||= b expands to a = a || b, which (since || is short-circuiting)
> means "set a to b if a is nil (or false), otherwise leave it at its
> current value.
> 
> martin

thansk Martin.. I can read Carlos' link with a good example !

Joss