itself() — Object — Ruby on Rails 4.2.9

itself()

Returns the object itself.

Useful for chaining methods, such as Active Record scopes:

Event.public_send(state.presence_in([ :trashed, :drafted ]) || :itself).order(:created_at)

@return Object

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/itself.rb, line 11
    def itself
      self
    end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/itself.rb line 11 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in Object

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