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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T12:25:47+00:00 2026-05-13T12:25:47+00:00

I frequently find myself doing this: !(val).nil? My code would be prettier if there

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I frequently find myself doing this:

!(val).nil?

My code would be prettier if there was a method like

val.exists?

Is there something like that?

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    2026-05-13T12:25:48+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 12:25 pm

    you can use the unless statement, eg,

    do_something unless val.nil?
    

    which is probably pretty close to the ideal way to phrase it: if you had a non_nil? method you’d have a negated statement instead of a positive statement like this one.

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