FalseClass

The global value false is the only instance of class FalseClass and represents a logically false value in boolean expressions. The class provides operators allowing false to participate correctly in logical expressions.

Instance Methods

false ^ object → true or false

nil ^ object → true or false

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          #define false_xor true_and

Returns false if object is nil or false, true otherwise:

nil ^ nil        # => false
nil ^ false      # => false
nil ^ Object.new # => true

true === other → true or false

false === other → true or false

nil === other → true or false

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          #define case_equal rb_equal

Returns true or false.

Like Object#==, if other is an instance of Object (and not an instance of one of its many subclasses).

This method is commonly overridden by those subclasses, to provide meaningful semantics in case statements.

false | object → true or false

nil | object → true or false

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          #define false_or true_and

Returns false if object is nil or false, true otherwise:

nil | nil        # => false
nil | false      # => false
nil | Object.new # => true

false & object → false

nil & object → false

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          static VALUE
false_and(VALUE obj, VALUE obj2)
{
    return Qfalse;
}

Returns false:

false & true       # => false
false & Object.new # => false

Argument object is evaluated:

false & raise # Raises RuntimeError.

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An alias for

false.to_s → "false"

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          VALUE
rb_false_to_s(VALUE obj)
{
    return rb_cFalseClass_to_s;
}

The string representation of false is “false”.