Checking for nil in views

Rails
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Hello,

Is there a better way to do the following in a view?

Manufacturer <%= @equipment.manufacturer.name unless @equipment.manufacturer.nil? %>
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Jim wrote:

Hello,

Is there a better way to do the following in a view?

Manufacturer <%= @equipment.manufacturer.name unless @equipment.manufacturer.nil? %>

I don’ know about better, but

Manufacturer <%= @equipment.manufacturer.name rescue "unknown" %>

would be shorter.

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Jim wrote:

Hello,

Is there a better way to do the following in a view?

Manufacturer <%= @equipment.manufacturer.name unless @equipment.manufacturer.nil? %>

See this thread also:

http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/53865#new