From: ChrisH <chris.hulan@...>
Date: 2007-03-27T23:10:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Help me about nil check of veriable( question of a niw bie)

On Mar 27, 4:30 am, Sasaki <a...@e-sao.co.jp> wrote:
> 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
>
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Note that an empty string is not nil.
So if you need to check for nil or empty try:

if last_name.nil? || last_name.empty? #...

Cheers
Chris