Call methods on object without worrying about that object may be nil
Without try
if @person && @person.name
end
</code></pre>
With try
if @person.try(:name)
end</pre>Written by Alexander Vagin
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Object#try is a Rails addition and not available in pure Ruby. Maybe update the tags to reflect that. If you want something similar in Ruby, there's a gem called "andand".
over 1 year ago ·
@citizen428 Of course, I'm inconsiderate ...
Thank you!
over 1 year ago ·
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