On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, basi wrote: > Hello, > I'm a bit tired typing: > > if a == "" or a == nil > if a != "" and a !== nil > > I'm sure there is a Ruby way to do this. class NilClass def empty? true end end if a.empty? John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : john.carter / tait.co.nz New Zealand Carter's Clarification of Murphy's Law. "Things only ever go right so that they may go more spectacularly wrong later." From this principle, all of life and physics may be deduced.