Method: Object#blank?

Defined in:
lib/core_ext/blank.rb

#blank? ⇒ Boolean

An object is blank if it’s false, empty, or a whitespace string. For example, “”, “ ”, nil, [], and {} are all blank.

This simplifies:

if address.nil? || address.empty?

…to:

if address.blank?

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/core_ext/blank.rb', line 16

def blank?
  respond_to?(:empty?) ? empty? : !self
end