method

blank?

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blank?() public

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

This simplifies

  if !address.nil? && !address.empty?

  if !address.blank?

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/blank.rb, line 9
  def blank?
    respond_to?(:empty?) ? empty? : !self
  end

October 27, 2009

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The opposite of this is #present?