Martin DeMello
12/6/2006 5:37:00 PM
On 12/6/06, Jason Vogel <jasonvogel@gmail.com> wrote:
> Source A :
>
> if (@product_coverages != nil && @product_coverages.length > 0)
> @product_coverages = @product_coverages.each do
> |product_coverage|
> product_coverage.external_description =
> Coverage.find(product_coverage.coverage_id).external_description # test
> if (product_coverage.external_description != nil)
> product_coverage.external_description.capitalize!
> end
> end
> end
>
> Source B :
>
> if (@product_coverages != nil && @product_coverages.length > 0)
> @product_coverages = @product_coverages.each do
> |product_coverage|
> product_coverage.external_description =
> Coverage.find(product_coverage.coverage_id).external_description # test
> return "" if product_coverage.external_description.nil?
> product_coverage.external_description.capitalize!
> end
> end
>
> I wanted to use Source B, but it return "" everytime. But Source A
> works. I expected both of them to work.
Put in a test print, to see what nil? is returning. It is possible for
a class to override nil?, though it's hard to think of why one would.
martin