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class NilClass

Parent: Object Version: 1.6

Index:

& ^ | nil? to_a to_i to_s

---

The class of the singleton object nil.

instance methods
&	nil& anObject -> false
	And---Returns false. As anObject is an argument to a method call, it is always evaluated; there is no short-circuit evaluation in this case. nil && puts("logical and") nil &  puts("and") produces: and
^	nil^ anObject -> true or false
	Exclusive Or---Returns false if anObject is nil or false, true otherwise.
|	nil| anObject -> true or false
	Or---Returns false if anObject is nil or false, true otherwise.
nil?	nil.nil? -> true
	Always returns true.
to_a	nil.to_a -> []
	Always returns an empty array.
to_i	nil.to_i -> 0
	Always returns zero.
to_s	nil.to_s -> ""
	Always returns the empty string.

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