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

You could write a helper method which looks like this:

def print_if_present(var)
    var ? var : ""
end

And then use it like this (in the view):

<%= print_if_present(your_var) %>

If the var is nil, it just prints nothing without raising an exception.