From: Giampiero Zanchi Date: 2009-12-22T22:55:47+09:00 Subject: Re: newbie: if is not null else... ciao waiting for a confirmation from the forum guys... since nil is false in Ruby x = a_value if x.nil? equals x = a_value if x == false and also x = a_value unless x or x ||= a_value -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.