rails if object.nil? then magic '' in views?

Question

This is one of those things, that maybe so simple I\'ll never find it because everyone else already knows it.

I\'ve got objects I have to check for nil in my views s

Answer 1

Another option, which makes sense occasionally...

If tax_payment.user returns nil, nil.to_s (an empty string) is printed, which is harmless. If there is a user, it will print the user's name.