Class

TrueClass

Inheritance
< Object

The global value true is the only instance of class TrueClass and represents a logically true value in boolean expressions. The class provides operators allowing true to be used in logical expressions.

Methods

Instance

Visibility Signature
public & (p1)
public ^ (p1)
public to_s ()
public to_yaml ( opts = {} )
public | (p1)

Instance Method Detail

true & obj => true or false

And—Returns false if obj is nil or false, true otherwise.

true ^ obj => !obj

Exclusive Or—Returns true if obj is nil or false, false otherwise.

true.to_s => "true"

The string representation of true is "true".

to_yaml( opts = {} )

true | obj => true

Or—Returns true. As anObject is an argument to a method call, it is always evaluated; there is no short-circuit evaluation in this case.

   true |  puts("or")
   true || puts("logical or")

produces:

   or