nil || false returns false and false || nil returns nil. Does anyone have an explanation for this?
nil || false returns false and false || nil returns nil . Does anyone
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nil || false returns false and false || nil returns nil. Does anyone have an explanation for this?
In Ruby, everything is an expression, and an expression will return the last value evaluated within it.
For both of your examples, the left side of the
||expression evaluates to a falsy value, so Ruby then evaluates the right side, and returns it.