Hacking a nil object / Workaround
Posted on February 6, 2009, under Rails.
I was looking for a way to workaround a nil object. For instance if @project.name is nil, I wanted to display as “N/A” and otherwise the project name (@project.name)
Normal Way
<% unless @project.nil? %> <%= @project.name %> <% else %> <%= "N/A" %> <% end %>
Another Way
<%= @project.name rescue nil || "N/A" %>
Just in a one single line!, Neat ah 
Hope this helps!
