And instead of empty, you should use "blank?", that would work even if @results is "nil"
x = @results.blank? ? 1 : 0 - Maurício Linhares http://alinhavado.wordpress.com/ (pt-br) | http://blog.codevader.com/ (en) On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Pardee, Roy <parde...@ghc.org> wrote: > > x = @results.empty? ? 1 : 0 > > -----Original Message----- > From: rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com > [mailto:rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of James Bond > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:42 AM > To: rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com > Subject: [Rails] Re: Number of entries > > > How can I write it simple? > > if @results.empty? > x = 0 > else > x = 1 > end > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---