In Files

  • object.c

Parent

Object

Methods

TrueClass

The global value true is the only instance of class TrueClass and represents a logically true value in boolean expressions. The class provides operators allowing true to be used in logical expressions.

Public Instance Methods

true & obj => true or false click to toggle source

And—Returns false if obj is nil or false, true otherwise.

 
               static VALUE
true_and(obj, obj2)
    VALUE obj, obj2;
{
    return RTEST(obj2)?Qtrue:Qfalse;
}
true ^ obj => !obj click to toggle source

Exclusive Or—Returns true if obj is nil or false, false otherwise.

 
               static VALUE
true_xor(obj, obj2)
    VALUE obj, obj2;
{
    return RTEST(obj2)?Qfalse:Qtrue;
}
to_s => "true" click to toggle source

The string representation of true is “true”.

 
               static VALUE
true_to_s(obj)
    VALUE obj;
{
    return rb_str_new2("true");
}
true | obj => true click to toggle source

Or—Returns true. As anObject is an argument to a method call, it is always evaluated; there is no short-circuit evaluation in this case.

true |  puts("or")
true || puts("logical or")

produces:

or
 
               static VALUE
true_or(obj, obj2)
    VALUE obj, obj2;
{
    return Qtrue;
}