From: Tom Sawyer Date: 2003-01-17T09:08:22+09:00 Subject: quick: it responds, it evaluates, and is not empty quick quest: anyone know of a nice slick short and sweet way to do this: if self.respond_to?(:ameth) if ameth if not ameth.to_s.empty? ... end end end -- tom sawyer, aka transami transami@transami.net .''. .''. . *''* :_\/_: . :_\/_: _\(/_ .:.*_\/_* : /\ : .'.:.'. .''.: /\ : ./)\ ':'* /\ * : '..'. -=:o:=- :_\/_:'.:::. | ' *''* * '.\'/.' _\(/_'.':'.' : /\ : ::::: = *_\/_* -= o =- /)\ ' * '..' ':::' === * /\ * .'/.\'. '._____ * | *..* : |. |' .---"| * | _ .--'| || | _| | * | .-'| __ | | | || | .-----. | |' | || | | | | | || | ___' ' /"\ | '-."". '-' '-.' '` |_. ------------------------------------------------------------