instance method `attribute_present?`

Ruby on Rails 4.0.13

Since v4.0.13

Available in: v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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attribute_present?(attribute)

Returns true if the specified attribute has been set by the user or by a database load and is neither nil nor empty? (the latter only applies to objects that respond to empty?, most notably Strings). Otherwise, false. Note that it always returns true with boolean attributes.

class Task < ActiveRecord::Base
end

person = Task.new(title: '', is_done: false)
person.attribute_present?(:title)   # => false
person.attribute_present?(:is_done) # => true
person.name = 'Francesco'
person.is_done = true
person.attribute_present?(:title)   # => true
person.attribute_present?(:is_done) # => true

Parameters

attribute req

Source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb, line 305
    def attribute_present?(attribute)
      value = read_attribute(attribute)
      !value.nil? && !(value.respond_to?(:empty?) && value.empty?)
    end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb line 305 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::AttributeMethods

Signature

Parameters