From: Bill Walton Date: 2008-07-24T22:38:30+09:00 Subject: Re: differnce between .nil? , .empty?, .blank? Stefano Crocco wrote: > Regarding blank?, I never heard of it It's a Rails method on the Object class that 'combines' the test for nil? and empty?. Simplifies 'if thing.nil? || thing.empty?' to 'if thing.blank?'. Best regards, Bill