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unless in Ruby on rails

By: Brian Marick Printer Friendly Format    

The word “unless” is in the English language for a reason. Contrast “unless the judge is unfair, you’ll win” with “if the judge is not unfair, you’ll win.” Negations - especially negations of already negative ideas can be confusing. The same is true of Ruby code:

unless unfair(judge)

winner = you

end

if not unfair(judge)

winner = you

end

You can also use unless with the one-line form:

array.pop unless array.empty?