From: Sasaki Date: 2007-03-27T17:30:20+09:00 Subject: Help me about nil check of veriable( question of a niw bie) Hi guys, I have a string variable named as 'last_name'. how can i check NULL(nil) of this veriable? as exapmle if ( empty(last_name) ) #* # code else #code end How can I write the syntax in the if statement(*)? Please help me. Sasaki -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.