From: Niklas Heinrich <niklas@...>
Date: 2008-07-25T02:49:54+09:00
Subject: Re: differnce between .nil? , .empty?, .blank?

blank? is not only a combination.
blank? also test if there are printable characters in a string:

\n".empty?
=> false
"\n".blank?
=> true

Niklas Heinrich

Bill Walton wrote:

> 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
>
>