From: Phrogz <phrogz@...>
Date: 2009-12-23T14:15:06+09:00
Subject: Re: newbie: if is not null else...

On Dec 22, 6:53 am, Alfonso Caponi <alfonso.cap...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you very much Rick. Using:
>
> x = '-' if x.nil?
>
> I've x = Null again.. :(
>
> It seems works with
>
> if (x.to_s =~ /Null/)
>  x = '-'
> end

Null is not a special value in Ruby. I am guessing that perhaps you
have a string with the value "Null" (four characters, starting with
capital N; not a special value).

Try:
   p x, x.class
or
  puts x.inspect, x.class
to gain insight about what value you actually have there.