From: Jeremy Woertink <jeremywoertink@...>
Date: 2007-11-07T10:27:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there a "||" that treats "" also as false?

Joshua Muheim wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> irb(main):001:0> "" || "asdf"
> => ""
> irb(main):002:0> nil || "asdf"
> => "asdf"
> irb(main):003:0>
> 
> I'd like the first one to also return "asdf". So is there an operator
> that fits my needs? :-)
> 
> Thanks
> Josh

I guess you could do something cool like

class String

  def |(str)
    return str if self.eql?("")
  end

end


:)


~Jeremy
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