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blank?

blank?()
Instance Public methods

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

This simplifies

address.nil? || address.empty?

to

address.blank?

@return [true, false]

Links:
  • https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/126dc47665c65cd129967cbd8a5926dddd0aa514/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/blank.rb#L15
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