is there a shorter way to do: if @ == nil the @ = 1 end

[kaB00M]

???

 

[ccoa]

What do you mean by shorter?

Theee lines is pretty short:

if variable == nil
  variable = 1
end

 

[kaB00M]

um.. i guest thats the shortest way...

 

[ccoa]

Well, you could use the ternary operatior:

variable = ((variable == nil) ? 1 : variable)

But frankly, that's harder to read, harder to debug, and is less efficient.

 

[Yeyinde]

The shortest way is this:

variable ||= value

 

[tibuda]

I would suggest

variable = 1 if variable.nil?